9CPublication of Ministerial directions

9C Publication of Ministerial directions

[Section 9C Inserted by No. 18 of 2025, s. 14, Applied:01 Jan 2026]

(1)  If a copy of a direction, or a copy of a written notice of an amendment or revocation of such a direction, is given to a Board or a subsidiary board under section 9A(4) , the Portfolio Minister must table the copy of the direction, or of the written notice, in each House of Parliament within 7 sitting-days after the direction or notice is so given.

(2)  Despite subsection (1) , within 5 days after a relevant board receives a copy of a direction or a copy of a written notice under section 9A(4) , the relevant board may make a written request to the relevant Portfolio Minister and Treasurer, jointly, that the direction, or written notice of an amendment or revocation of a direction, not be tabled under subsection (1) .

(3)  A board may only make a request under subsection (2) if the board is of the opinion that the tabling of the direction or written notice may –

(a) disadvantage or cause damage to the relevant Government Business Enterprise or a subsidiary, whether directly or indirectly; or

(b) enable another person, whether directly or indirectly, to gain an unreasonable advantage; or

(c) constitute a breach of confidentiality; or

(d) prejudice an investigation into –

(i) misconduct or possible misconduct; or

(ii) an offence, or possible offence, against this Act or the relevant Portfolio Act.

(4)  If the Portfolio Minister and Treasurer, jointly, are satisfied that a direction, or written notice of an amendment or revocation of a direction, should not be tabled under subsection (1) for a reason specified in subsection (3)  –

(a) subsection (1) does not apply in respect of the direction, the amendment or the revocation; and