214Annual report

#### 214 Annual report (1) The annual report prepared by the Chief Executive and given to the Minister under section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 for a period must also be given to each other member of the Murray‑Darling Basin Ministerial Council. (2) Despite that section, the Chief Executive must give the annual report to the Minister as soon as practicable after the end of the period. (3) The report must include: (a) an analysis of the effectiveness of the Basin Plan; and (b) particulars of all directions given by the Minister under section 175 during the period; and (c) information about the Authority’s activities during the period, including information about any matters on which the Authority is required to report under the Agreement. 278 Paragraph 239S(1)(b) Omit “paragraph 213A(3)(a)”, substitute “section 213A”. Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005 279 Section 7 (subparagraph (a)(i) of the definition of agency) Repeal the subparagraph, substitute: (i) a non‑corporate Commonwealth entity (within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013); 280 Section 7 (definition of WELS Account) Omit “Special Account”, substitute “special account”. 281 Subsection 64(2) Omit “Special Account for the purposes of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997”, substitute “special account for the purposes of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013”. 282 Section 65 (note) Omit “Special Account if any of the purposes of the Account”, substitute “special account if any of the purposes of the special account”. Work Health and Safety Act 2011 283 Section 4 (definition of Commonwealth) Omit “an agency within the meaning of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997”, substitute “a non‑corporate Commonwealth entity (within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013)”. 284 Section 4 (paragraph (b) of the definition of public authority) Omit “Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997”, substitute “Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013”. 285 Clause 3 of Schedule 2 Omit “of Comcare for a financial year must include”, substitute “prepared by the Chief Executive Officer of Comcare and given to the Minister under section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 for a period must include”. 286 Paragraph 3(a) of Schedule 2 Omit “year” (wherever occurring), substitute “period”. 287 Paragraph 3(b) of Schedule 2 Omit “year”, substitute “period”. 288 Clause 3 of Schedule 2 (note) Omit “section 90”, substitute “section 85”. 289 Paragraph 4(1)(a) of Schedule 2 Repeal the paragraph, substitute: (a) a non‑corporate Commonwealth entity within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013; Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 290 Subsection 12(1) Repeal the subsection, substitute: (1) Despite section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, the annual report prepared by the Director for a period for the purposes of that section must be given to the Minister by the last day of the fifth month after the end of the period. 291 Paragraph 13C(2)(b) Repeal the paragraph, substitute: (b) must not be used in a report under: (i) section 12; or (ii) section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. 292 Paragraph 14(1)(b) Repeal the paragraph, substitute: (b) must not be used in a report under: (i) section 12; or (ii) section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. 293 Paragraph 14A(1)(b) Repeal the paragraph, substitute: (b) must not be used in a report under: (i) section 12; or (ii) section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. 294 Paragraph 15(1)(b) Repeal the paragraph, substitute: (b) may be used, either in whole or in part, in a report under: (i) section 12; or (ii) section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. 295 Subsection 19D(2) Repeal the subsection, substitute: Naming employer in Agency report (2) The Agency may name the employer as having failed to comply with this Act, and set out details of the non‑compliance, in a report under: (a) subsection 12(2); or (b) section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. 296 Paragraph 19D(4)(a) Repeal the paragraph, substitute: (a) name an employer in a report under: (i) subsection 12(2); or (ii) section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013; or 297 Paragraph 26(2)(d) Repeal the paragraph, substitute: (d) without reasonable excuse, contravenes: (i) section 27; 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; 298 Section 27 Before “The”, insert “(1)”. 299 At the end of section 27 Add: (2) Subsection (1) applies in addition to section 29 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (which deals with the duty to disclose interests). Schedule 13—Contingent amendments Part 1—Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals legislation Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Levy) Act 1994 1 Subsection 3(1) (definition of Agency) Repeal the definition, substitute: > Agency has the same meaning as Commonwealth entity in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. 2 Section 38D Repeal the section, substitute: