Section sec.6 - Government Owned Corporations Act 1993 - GOC and portfolio Ministers

sec.6GOC and portfolio Ministers

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### sec.6 GOC and portfolio Ministers The Minister is the GOC Minister of every GOC. The Minister who has the duty to administer the legislation (if any) that established, or provides for the structure or management of, the entity that became a GOC is the portfolio Minister of the GOC. However, if— there is not a Minister who is the portfolio Minister under subsection (2) ; or the portfolio Minister under subsection (2) is the GOC Minister; or the Premier is of the opinion that another Minister should be the portfolio Minister; the portfolio Minister of the GOC is the Minister nominated by the Premier by gazette notice. The Premier must make the nomination by nominating the holder of a particular Ministerial office by reference to the title of the office concerned. The Premier may, in an appropriate case, be nominated under subsection (3) to be the portfolio Minister of the GOC. In this section— GOC includes a candidate GOC. (sec.6-ssec.1) The Minister is the GOC Minister of every GOC. (sec.6-ssec.2) The Minister who has the duty to administer the legislation (if any) that established, or provides for the structure or management of, the entity that became a GOC is the portfolio Minister of the GOC. (sec.6-ssec.3) However, if— there is not a Minister who is the portfolio Minister under subsection (2) ; or the portfolio Minister under subsection (2) is the GOC Minister; or the Premier is of the opinion that another Minister should be the portfolio Minister; the portfolio Minister of the GOC is the Minister nominated by the Premier by gazette notice. (sec.6-ssec.4) The Premier must make the nomination by nominating the holder of a particular Ministerial office by reference to the title of the office concerned. (sec.6-ssec.5) The Premier may, in an appropriate case, be nominated under subsection (3) to be the portfolio Minister of the GOC. (sec.6-ssec.6) In this section— GOC includes a candidate GOC. - (a) there is not a Minister who is the portfolio Minister under subsection (2) ; or - (b) the portfolio Minister under subsection (2) is the GOC Minister; or - (c) the Premier is of the opinion that another Minister should be the portfolio Minister;