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Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Relevant Company) Rule 2016
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5 Relevant company
For the purposes of subsection 85(2) of the Act, a company is a relevant company if: (a) it is of a kind mentioned in column 2 of an item in the following table; and (b) its objects or proposed activities are of a kind mentioned in column 3 of the item.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Relevant companies</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:13.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 1</span></p></td><td style="width:32.14%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 2</span></p></td><td style="width:54.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 3</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:13.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:32.14%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Kind of company</span></p></td><td style="width:54.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>The company’s objects or proposed activities</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:13.32%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:32.14%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A company limited by shares</span></p></td><td style="width:54.54%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>To conduct world</span><span>‑</span><span>leading quantum computing research by:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) developing and commercialising a prototype 10</span><span>‑</span><span>qubit silicon quantum integrated circuit; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) developing and commercialising applications of the prototype, including for use and exploitation in the development and applications of a silicon</span><span>‑</span><span>based quantum computer and associated intellectual property</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:13.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:32.14%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A company limited by shares</span></p></td><td style="width:54.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>To manage infrastructure to support current and future shipbuilding and submarine programs</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:13.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:32.14%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A company limited by guarantee</span></p></td><td style="width:54.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>To undertake research on, and develop, technologies relevant to Australia’s defence and national security sectors</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:13.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:32.14%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A company limited by shares or guarantee</span></p></td><td style="width:54.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>To assist with the performance of the functions, or the exercise of the powers, of:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) an intelligence or security agency; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) a listed law enforcement agency</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:13.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>6</span></p></td><td style="width:32.14%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A company limited by shares</span></p></td><td style="width:54.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>To develop and maintain sovereign ship design and construction capabilities and to undertake shipbuilding projects and related activities</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:13.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>7</span></p></td><td style="width:32.14%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A company limited by shares</span></p></td><td style="width:54.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>To:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) own, operate and maintain a fibre optic cable system between the following places:</span></p><p class="Tablei"><span>(i) Sydney, Australia;</span></p><p class="Tablei"><span>(ii) Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea;</span></p><p class="Tablei"><span>(iii) Honiara, Solomon Islands; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) make the fibre optic cable system available in the telecommunications markets in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:13.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>8</span></p></td><td style="width:32.14%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A company limited by guarantee</span></p></td><td style="width:54.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>To strengthen the national education evidence base for school and early childhood education, including through:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) collaborating with government, the school and early childhood education sector, the vocational education and training sector, the higher</span><span>‑</span><span>education and research sector and philanthropic organisations; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) developing and implementing a national agenda relating to research; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) mobilising high</span><span>‑</span><span>quality resources for school and early childhood education; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) supporting teaching and learning in school and early childhood education</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:13.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>9</span></p></td><td style="width:32.14%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A company limited by shares</span></p></td><td style="width:54.54%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>To:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) undertake research on, design, manufacture, assemble, develop, support, maintain and provide other services in relation to radar and communications systems and products:</span></p><p class="Tablei"><span>(i) for Australia’s defence and national security; or</span></p><p class="Tablei"><span>(ii) to be exported;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span style="width:14.2pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"></span><span>and to undertake related activities; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) acquire and hold shares in a company with these objects.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>