271HFinancial report of the Better Boating Fund

271H Financial report of the Better Boating Fund S. 271H(1) amended by No. 25/2025 s. 106(Sch. 1 item 26.2). (1) The Secretary to the Department must give to the Minister a report for each financial year setting out the following in respect of that financial year— (a) the total amount of money paid into the Better Boating Fund; (b) the total amount of money paid out of the Better Boating Fund; (c) the purposes and allocation of any money paid out of the Better Boating Fund, including— (i) a description of the project or program to which the money has been allocated; and (ii) if the allocation of money relates to the establishment, upgrade, maintenance or repair of a boating facility, the location of the boating facility; (d) the total amount of money in the Better Boating Fund that is carried forward to the next financial year; (e) the total amount of fees received for— (i) the registration, renewal and transfer of registration of recreational vessels; and (ii) the grant, renewal and endorsement of marine licences. (2) In addition, the report must— (a) set out the amounts and information required under subsection (1) from the report for the previous financial year; and (b) show the changes in amounts required under subsection (1)(a), (b), (d) and (e) between the financial year the subject of the report and the previous financial year. S. 271H(3) amended by No. 25/2025 s. 106(Sch. 1 item 26.3). (3) With the approval of the Minister, the Secretary to the Department must publish the report on an internet site administered by the Department on or before 1 October next following the financial year to which the report relates. (3A) The report published under subsection (3) must remain on the internet site administered by the Department until the report for the next financial year is published under that subsection. (4) The requirements in this section are in addition to any other requirements applying to the Better Boating Fund under Part 7 of the **Financial Management Act 1994**. Part 8.2—Codes of practice