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GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING (ACCOUNTABILITY) BILL 2011

2010-2011
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Government Advertising
(Accountability) Bill 2011
No. , 2011
(Senator Xenophon)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Financial
Management and Accountability Act 1997, and for
related purposes
i Government Advertising (Accountability) Bill 2011 No. , 2011
Contents
1 Short
title
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2 Commencement
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3 Schedule(s)
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Schedule 1--Amendment of the Financial Management and
Accountability Act 1997
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Government Advertising (Accountability) Bill 2011 No. , 2011 1
A Bill for an Act to amend the Financial
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Management and Accountability Act 1997, and for
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related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Government Advertising
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(Accountability) Act 2011.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provision(s)
Commencement
Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 3
and anything in
this Act not
elsewhere covered
by this table
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
2. Schedule 1
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedule(s)
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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendment of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 Schedule 1
Government Advertising (Accountability) Bill 2011 No. , 2011 3
Schedule 1--Amendment of the Financial
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Management and Accountability Act
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1997
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1 Section 14
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Repeal the section, substitute:
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14 Misapplication or improper use of public money
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(1) An official or Minister must not misapply public money or
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improperly dispose of, or improperly use, public money.
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(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), and without limiting the
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generality of subsection (1), it is an improper use of public money
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to use or permit public money to be used for the advertising of a
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government policy unless:
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(a) the policy has been enacted in legislation passed by both
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Houses of Parliament; or
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(b) a resolution agreeing to the expenditure of public money for
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the purpose of advertising the policy has been passed by both
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Houses of Parliament; or
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(c) in the event of a national emergency, the Minister has
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obtained the consent of the Leader of the Opposition to the
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expenditure of public money for the purpose of advertising
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the policy.
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Penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years.
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Note:
Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of
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criminal responsibility.
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