2010-2011
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Public Accounts and Audit Committee
Amendment (Ombudsman) Bill 2011
No. , 2011
(Senator Bob Brown)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Public Accounts and
Audit Committee Act 1951, and for related purposes
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Contents
1 Short
title
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2 Commencement
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3 Schedule(s)
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Public Accounts and Audit Committee Act 1951
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Public Accounts and Audit Committee Amendment (Ombudsman) Bill 2011 No. , 2011
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A Bill for an Act to amend the Public Accounts and
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Audit Committee Act 1951, and for 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 Public Accounts and Audit Committee
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Amendment (Ombudsman) Act 2011.
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2 Commencement
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This Act commences on the day this Act receives the Royal
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Assent.
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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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule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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Amendments Schedule 1
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Public Accounts and Audit Committee Act 1951
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1 Section 4
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Insert:
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Ombudsman means the Commonwealth Ombudsman.
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2 After section 8
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Insert:
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8AA Additional duties of the Committee--Ombudsman
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(1) In addition to, and without limiting, the duties the Committee has
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under section 8 in relation to the Ombudsman, the Committee has
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the following additional duties in relation to the Ombudsman:
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(a) to examine all reports of the Ombudsman that are tabled in
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each House of the Parliament;
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(b) to report to both Houses of the Parliament, with any comment
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it thinks fit, on any items or matters in those reports, or any
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circumstances connected with them, that the Committee
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thinks should be drawn to the attention of the Parliament;
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(c)
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consider:
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(i) the operations of the Ombudsman; and
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(ii) the resources of the Ombudsman, including funding,
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staff and information technology;
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(d) to report to both Houses of the Parliament on any matter
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arising out of the Committee's consideration of the matters
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listed in paragraph (c), or on any other matter relating to the
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Ombudsman's functions and powers, that the Committee
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considers should be drawn to the attention of the Parliament;
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(e) to report to both Houses of the Parliament on the
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performance of the Ombudsman at any time;
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(f) any other duties given to the Committee by this Act, by any
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other law or by Joint Standing Orders approved by both
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Houses of the Parliament.
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Schedule 1 Amendments
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(2) Nothing in subsection (1) authorises the Committee to direct the
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activities of the Ombudsman.
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3 Subsection 9(3)
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After "8A,", insert "8AA,".
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