179AApplication of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 to the Commission

#### 179A Application of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 to the Commission Despite paragraph 10(1)(d) of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and the definition of Department of State in section 8 of that Act, the Commission is not a Commonwealth entity for the purposes of that Act and is taken to be part of the Department for those purposes. > Note: This means that the commissioners are officials of the Department for the purposes of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. 256 Paragraph 188(6)(d) Repeal the paragraph, substitute: (d) a commissioner fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with his or her obligations under: (i) section 189; or (ii) section 29 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (which deals with the duty to disclose interests) or rules made for the purposes of that section; 257 Section 190 Repeal the section. 258 After section 196A Insert: