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2004-2005-2006-2007

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

THE SENATE

 

 

Wheat Marketing Amendment Bill 2007

 

(Amendments to be moved by Senator O’Brien on behalf of the Opposition in committee of the whole)

 

(1)     Schedule 3, item 2, page 9 (lines 12 to 14), omit subsection 3AA(12), substitute:

           (12)  Until the first declaration under subsection (1) takes effect, nominated company B continues to be the designated company for the purposes of this Act until 1 July 2008, after which time nominated company B ceases to be the designated company for the purposes of this Act.

[sunset - nominated company B]

(2)     Schedule 5, item 43, page 26 (line 16) to page 27 (line 3), omit the item, substitute:

43  Section 14

Repeal the section, substitute:

14  Staff

             (1)  The staff of the Commission are to be persons engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 .

             (2)  For the purposes of the Public Service Act 1999 :

                     (a)  the Chairperson and the staff together constitute a Statutory Agency; and

                     (b)  the Chairperson is the Head of that Statutory Agency.

43A  Before section 16

Insert:

Division 6—Planning and reporting obligations

[grains council]