Tabling and opposition of accreditation of management or authorisation framework
33A Tabling and opposition of accreditation of management or authorisation framework
If the Minister proposes to accredit a management or authorisation framework for the purposes of a declaration under subsection 33(1), the Minister must cause the following documents (the relevant documents) to be tabled in each House of the Parliament:
a copy of the documents that together comprise the whole of the framework (including any part of the framework that is not set out in, or made under, a law or instrument);
a notice that the Minister proposes to accredit the framework for the purposes of the declaration.
When Minister must not accredit
The Minister must not accredit the framework if:
notice of a motion to oppose accreditation of the framework is given in a House of the Parliament within the applicable opposition period; and
within 15 sitting days of the House after the giving of the notice, the House passes a resolution, in pursuance of the motion, opposing accreditation of the framework.
When Minister may accredit
The Minister may accredit the framework only if:
no notice of a motion to oppose accreditation of the framework is given in a House of the Parliament within the applicable opposition period; or
if such a notice is given in a House of the Parliament within the applicable opposition period:
the notice is withdrawn or otherwise disposed of within 15 sitting days of the House after the notice is given; and
the applicable opposition period has ended.
Extended time for opposition after dissolution, expiry or prorogation
If:
notice of a motion to oppose the accreditation of the framework is given in a House of the Parliament (the opposing House) within the applicable opposition period; and
before the end of 15 sitting days of the opposing House after the notice is given:
the House of Representatives is dissolved or expires; or
the Parliament is prorogued; and
at the time of the dissolution, expiry or prorogation (as the case requires):
the notice has not been withdrawn and the motion has not been called on; or
the motion has been called on, moved and (where relevant) seconded and has not been withdrawn or otherwise disposed of;
the relevant documents are taken, for the purposes of subsections (2) and (3), to have been tabled in the opposing House on the first sitting day of the House after the dissolution, expiry or prorogation (as the case requires).
Meaning of applicable opposition period
In this section:
applicable opposition period, for a House of the Parliament, means the period of 15 sitting days of the House after the relevant documents are tabled in the House under subsection (1).
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