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SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND WATER (RESTRUCTURING) AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2012 No. 39 - SECT 45

Chapter 2, part 4—

insert—

'(1) The responsible Ministers may issue a statement of obligations to the Authority from time to time.

'(2) A statement of obligations issued to the Authority has effect until it expires under section 51D or it is revoked by the responsible Ministers, whichever happens first.

'(3) To the extent the Authority's statement of obligations is inconsistent with another instrument made under this or another Act, the other instrument prevails.

'(1) Before issuing a statement of obligations to the Authority, the responsible Ministers must—

(a) give the board a copy of the proposed statement of obligations and ask the board for its comments; and

(b) consider any comments given to them by the board under subsection (2).

'(2) The board may give the responsible Ministers comments on the proposed statement of obligations within 30 days after it is given to the board.

'(1) A statement of obligations may contain provisions about the strategic or operational activities of the Authority in the performance of its functions.

'(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a statement of obligations may include provisions about—

(a) governance; or

(b) quality and performance standards; or

(c) customer and community consultation; or

(d) total water cycle management.

'A statement of obligations expires 3 years after the day the statement is issued to the Authority, unless it is revoked earlier by the responsible Ministers.'.