31Ministerial directions to board

31 Ministerial directions to board (1) The Minister may give written directions to the board about the exercise of its functions. (2) However, the Minister must not give written directions to the board about the exercise of its functions in relation to the following Territory entities: (a) the Office of the Legislative Assembly; (b) an officer of the Assembly. (3) Before giving a direction, the Minister must— (a) tell the board of the intent of the proposed direction; and (b) give the board a reasonable opportunity to comment on the proposed direction; and (c) consider any comments made by the board. (4) The Minister must present a copy of a direction given under this section to the Legislative Assembly within 6 sitting days after it is given. (5) The board must comply with a direction given to it under this section. (6) For the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cwlth), this Act authorises— (a) the giving of a direction under this section; and

(b) the doing of, or the failure to do, anything by the board to comply with a direction under this section.