CAC Regulations
Section 49 of the CAC Act [
] provides for the Governor-General to make regulations prescribing matters necessary or convenient for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.
The principal matters covered by the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Regulations 1997 [] (CAC Regulations) are:
- a list of bodies that are prescribed as Government Business Enterprises or Statutory Marketing Authorities for the purposes of the CAC Act;
- a list of Commonwealth companies for which the Minister for Finance and Deregulation is the responsible Minister;
- a list of authorities that are incorporated by regulation under an Act and which are to be subject to the CAC Act;
- particulars that must be included in a notice tabled in Parliament by a Minister about changes to direct Commonwealth membership of a company.
The CAC Regulations are tabled in Parliament and are subject to disallowance by Parliament.
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