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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 12 Hansard (7 December) . . Page.. 3806 ..
"(2) However, this Act does not apply to -
(a) a contract of employment; or
(b) a contract for consideration (whether monetary or otherwise) worth $50,000 or less; or
(c) a contract for the settlement of liability to an individual.".
Clause 6, page 3 -
Line 9, paragraph (2) (a), omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraphs:
"(a) details identifying each party;
(ab) details, of which the government agency is aware, of the cross - ownership of relevant companies;".
Line 20, paragraph (2) (i), omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraph:
"(i) the effect of guarantees, loans or undertakings;".
Line 22, paragraph (2) (j), omit "Australian Securities Commission", substitute "Australian Securities and Investments Commission".
New clause -
Page 4, line 4, after clause 7 insert the following new clause in the Bill:
"7A Registration of government contracts with confidentiality clauses
(1)â The auditor - general must maintain a register of contracts containing confidentiality clauses.(2)â A government agency that agrees to a confidentiality clause must provide the auditor - general with a copy of the contract containing it within 14 days after the contract, or an amendment inserting the clause into the contract, is made.".
MS TUCKER (11.01): I move:
That the following new clause be inserted in the Bill:
Page 4, line 4:
"7AA Assembly to be informed of confidentiality clauses
(1)â For the 6 months after the commencement of this Act, and for each 6 month period after that, the auditor - general must give the appropriate Legislative Assembly committee a list of the contracts inserted in the register mentioned in section 7A in the 6 month period.(2)â The auditor - general must give the committee the list of contracts for each 6 month period as soon as reasonably possible after the end of the period.
(3) A government agency must, when asked by the committee, give the committee the information the committee requires about a decision to agree to a confidentiality clause.
(4) In this section:
appropriate Legislative Assembly committee means -
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