Bill
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Improved Grants Reporting) Bill 2021
lapsed, as at 2022-07-25.
- Sponsor
- Katy Gallagher
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2021-08-04
- second reading — 2021-08-04
- second reading — 2021-10-18
- second reading — 2021-11-22
- other — 2022-07-25
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2021-08-04.
This bill would require ministers to quickly report grants they approve against official advice, in their own electorate or outside selection criteria.
The legislation would move existing reporting rules from guidelines into the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and tighten deadlines.
Reports must be sent to the Finance Minister within 30 days of approval, and that Minister would table them in Parliament within 5 sitting days.
- Requires ministers to report to the Finance Minister within 30 days on grants approved against departmental recommendation, in their own electorate or without meeting selection criteria.
- Requires the Finance Minister to table those reports in Parliament within 5 sitting days of receiving them.
- Moves reporting obligations from the Grants Rules and Guidelines into primary legislation.
Ministers approving certain types of grants are affected.
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