10Power of Treasurer to accept recommendations or require further recommendations

10 Power of Treasurer to accept recommendations or require further recommendations

(1)  On receipt of a report under section 9 (3) , the Treasurer –

(a) may accept the recommendations contained in the report; or

(b) may send a notice to the Commission requesting it to reconsider the recommendations or any part of those recommendations and, subject to its taking into account the same matters as are specified in section 9 (2) , to make such further recommendations as are necessary to enable the Treasurer to make grants in the relevant financial year (in this Act referred to as "further recommendations").

(2)  A notice under subsection (1) (b) shall contain particulars of the Treasurer's reasons for requesting the Commission to reconsider its recommendations or the part of the recommendations to which the notice relates.

(3)  On receipt of a notice under subsection (1) (b) , the Commission shall forthwith –

(a) hold such inquiries and make such investigations as are necessary to enable it to make such further recommendations as are necessary to comply with the notice; and

(b) after complying with paragraph (a) , furnish the Treasurer with a report containing particulars of those further recommendations.

(4)  The provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of section 8 apply, with the necessary modifications, to an inquiry or investigation for the purposes of this section as they apply to an inquiry or investigation referred to in subsection (1) of that section.

(5)  On receipt of a report under subsection (3) (b) , the Treasurer shall accept the further recommendations contained in the report.