I, the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.
Dated 12 September 2024
Sam Mostyn
Governor‑General
By Her Excellency’s Command
Patrick Gorman
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Definitions
5 Notification of Ministers and Departments they administer
1 Name
This instrument is the Ministers of State Regulations 2024.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Provisions Commencement Date/Details
The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 13 September 2024
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under the Ministers of State Act 1952.
4 Definitions
In this instrument:
Department means a department of State of the Commonwealth.
5 Notification of Ministers and Departments they administer
(1) The Official Secretary to the Governor‑General must by notifiable instrument:
(a) specify each person (a relevant Minister) who, from time to time:
(i) administers a Department under section 64 of the Constitution; and
(ii) holds an office under section 65 of the Constitution; and
(b) notify that, on a specified day, the Governor‑General has done the following:
(i) chosen, summoned and sworn a relevant Minister as a member of the Federal Executive Council under section 62 of the Constitution;
(ii) revoked that membership; and
(c) notify that, on a specified day, the Governor‑General did the following:
(i) appointed a relevant Minister to administer a Department under section 64 of the Constitution;
(ii) revoked that appointment; and
(d) notify that, on a specified day, the Governor‑General did the following:
(i) directed that a relevant Minister hold an office under section 65 of the Constitution;
(ii) revoked that direction.
(2) The notifiable instrument may include a copy of the following:
(a) the instrument made by the Governor‑General notifying that the Governor‑General has chosen, summoned and sworn a relevant Minister as a member of the Federal Executive Council under section 62 of the Constitution;
(b) the instrument made by the Governor‑General notifying that the Governor‑General has revoked a relevant Minister’s membership of the Federal Executive Council under section 62 of the Constitution;
(c) the instrument made by the Governor‑General appointing a relevant Minister to administer a Department under section 64 of the Constitution;
(d) the instrument made by the Governor‑General revoking the appointment of a relevant Minister to administer a Department under section 64 of the Constitution;
(e) the instrument made by the Governor‑General directing that a relevant Minister holds an office under section 65 of the Constitution;
(f) the instrument made by the Governor‑General revoking the direction that a relevant Minister holds an office under section 65 of the Constitution.
(3) The Official Secretary to the Governor‑General must ensure that the notifiable instrument is kept up to date.
(4) The matters specified under paragraph (1)(a) may relate to a time before the commencement of this section (but not before 23 May 2022).
(5) The matters notified under paragraphs (1)(b) to (d) may only be matters that occurred during the period that:
(a) started on 23 May 2022; and
(b) ended on 28 November 2023.
Note: If a matter of a kind mentioned in paragraph (1)(b), (c) or (d) occurs on or after 29 November 2023, the Official Secretary to the Governor‑General must notify that the matter has occurred in accordance with section 5, 6 or 6A of the Ministers of State Act 1952 (as the case may be).
(6) The validity of an instrument mentioned in paragraphs (2)(a) to (f) is not affected by any failure to comply with this section.