Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister may request the * Compliance Committee to develop an amendment of the * Compliance Scheme to address a particular issue identified by the Minister and to submit the amendment to the Minister for approval.
(2) If the * Compliance Committee refuses or fails to comply with the request to the satisfaction of the Minister within 14 days of the request being made, or within such longer period as the Minister determines, the Minister may develop an amendment of the Scheme to address the issue identified in the request. Before doing so, the Minister must first consider any reasons given by the Compliance Committee for its refusal or failure.
(3) The Minister's power under this section to request an amendment of the Scheme, or to develop an amendment of the Scheme, may be exercised even if the Scheme already complies with section 49.
Note: For example, the Minister may request or develop an amendment of
the Scheme because he or she considers that a matter could be dealt with in a
more appropriate way and still be consistent with section 49.