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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 4 Hansard (22 April) . . Page.. 1178 ..

MS CARNELL (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (3.32): Mr Speaker, for the information of members, I present the Annual Reports Directions for 1998-99 and a declaration made under section 4 of the Annual Reports (Government Agencies) Act 1995. Pursuant to section 15 of that Act, I also present a declaration made under section 5 and directions made under paragraphs 6(2)(b) and 8(5)(a) and (b), subsections 7(2), 8(2), 8(6), 8(7) and 11(1), and section 10 of the Act. I move:

Mr Speaker, these instruments are issued in accordance with section 15 of the Annual Reports (Government Agencies) Act 1995 and set in place the annual reporting requirements for the 1998-99 reporting year. The instruments include the Annual Reports Directions for this reporting year.

Under the Annual Reports (Government Agencies) Act, these instruments must be tabled, although they are not disallowable. These instructions, in particular the Annual Report Directions, set the reporting requirements for all annual reports provided under this legislation. They provide a standard framework for comprehensive reporting across the ACT public sector. While there are some mandatory requirements, the directions should be seen as setting the baseline for reporting. Because of the range of reporting bodies covered, the directions must be sufficiently flexible to permit accurate and appropriate reporting across a range of operational requirements.

Under the Act, all reports must be presented to Ministers within 10 weeks of the end of the reporting year. This means that all financial year reports must be presented to Ministers by 8 September 1998. Ministers then have six sitting days in which to table the reports. The practice has been to table reports during the late-September sitting week. Reports will again be tabled as early as possible. This year that will be during the 12 to 14 October sitting week, Mr Speaker.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

MR SMYTH (Minister for Urban Services): Mr Speaker, for the information of members, I present the schedule of lease variations and change of use charges for the period 1 January 1999 to 31 March 1999 and the schedule of leases granted for the same period, pursuant to the Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991. I ask for leave to make a short statement.

Leave granted.

MR SMYTH: Mr Speaker, section 216A of the Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991 specifies that a statement be tabled in the Legislative Assembly each quarter outlining details of leases granted by direct grant, leases granted to community

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