25DReporting requirements for Minister where Minister approves CCE grant in Minister’s electorate

#### 25D Reporting requirements for Minister where Minister approves CCE grant in Minister’s electorate (1) This section applies if: (a) a Minister approves the making of a CCE grant by or on behalf of a corporate Commonwealth entity; and (b) the Minister is a member of the House of Representatives; and (c) the CCE grant relates to matters inside the Minister’s electorate; and (d) the CCE grant is not of a kind that is made across a region by applying a formula. (2) The Minister must, as soon as practicable after the approval is given, give a written notice, and a copy of the notice prepared under subsection (4) (if any), to: (a) the following: (i) if the Minister is the Finance Minister—the Prime Minister; (ii) otherwise—the Finance Minister; and (b) the accountable authority of the corporate Commonwealth entity. (3) The notice must include the following: (a) details of the CCE grant or a copy of any correspondence between the Minister and the recipient of the CCE grant; (b) the Minister’s reasons for approving the making of the CCE grant. (4) The Minister may prepare a copy of the notice with particular information deleted if the Minister decides that publishing that particular information would contravene: (a) the Privacy Act 1988 or another law of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory; or (b) any terms or conditions relating to the CCE grant. (5) The Finance Minister must, as soon as practicable after the end of the quarter in which the notice is given under subsection (2), cause to be tabled in each House of the Parliament: (a) a copy of the notice; or (b) if a copy of the notice has been prepared under subsection (4)—that copy.