Future Drought Fund Act 2019

Before the end of the period of 3 years after a Drought Resilience Funding Plan comes into force, the Minister administering the Productivity Commission Act 1998 (the Productivity Minister) must, under paragraph 6(1)(a) of that Act, refer to the Productivity Commission for inquiry the matter of the effectiveness of Part 3 of this Act:

including an assessment of the effectiveness of the Drought Resilience Funding Plan; and

having regard to economic, social and environmental outcomes.

In referring the matter to the Productivity Commission for inquiry, the Productivity Minister must:

under paragraph 11(1)(b) of the Productivity Commission Act 1998, specify that the Productivity Commission must submit its report on the inquiry to the Productivity Minister no later than 5 months before the end of the 4 year period that began when the Drought Resilience Funding Plan came into force; and

under paragraph 11(1)(d) of that Act, require the Productivity Commission to make recommendations in relation to the matter.

Under section 12 of the Productivity Commission Act 1998, the Productivity Minister must cause a copy of the Productivity Commission’s report to be tabled in each House of the Parliament.

For the purposes of paragraph 6(1)(a) of the Productivity Commission Act 1998, the matter mentioned in subsection (1) of this section is taken to be a matter relating to industry, industry development and productivity.