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Government Gazette of the STATE of NEW SOUTH WALES Number 25 Friday, 17 February 2006 Published Under Authority by Government Advertising SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 901 Government Gazette OF THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES Number 25 Friday, 17 February 2006 Published under authority by Government Advertising SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT The Cabinet Offi ce, Sydney 17 February 2006 HER Excellency the Governor directs that it be notifi ed that she has accepted the resignations of: • The Hon M Iemma MP as Treasurer. • The Hon J A Watkins MP as Minister for State Development. • The Hon J J Della Bosca MLC as Special Minister of State, and Assistant Treasurer. • The Hon P C Scully MP as Minister for Utilities. • The Hon M Costa MLC as Minister for Finance. • The Hon J G Tripodi MP as Minister for Roads. • The Hon E M Roozendaal MLC as Minister for Ports and Waterways. By Her Excellency’s Command, MORRIS IEMMA, M.P., Premier HER Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following persons to the offi ces set out after their respective names: • The Hon M Iemma MP as Minister for State Development. • The Hon J J Della Bosca MLC as Minister for Finance. • The Hon M Costa MLC as Treasurer. • The Hon J G Tripodi MP as Minister for Energy, Minister for Ports and Waterways, and Minister Assisting the Treasurer on Business and Economic Regulatory Reform. • The Hon D A Campbell MP as Minister for Water Utilities. • The Hon E M Roozendaal MLC as Minister for Roads. By Her Excellency’s Command, MORRIS IEMMA, M.P., Premier 902 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 17 February 2006 Ministers’ full tiles are now as follows: The Honourable Morris Iemma MP Premier, Minister for State Development, and Minister for Citizenship The Honourable John Arthur Watkins MP Deputy Premier, and Minister for Transport The Honourable John Joseph Della Bosca MLC Minister for Finance, Minister for Commerce, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Disability Services, and Vice President of the Executive Council The Honourable Robert John Debus MP Attorney General, Minister for the Environment, and Minister for the Arts The Honourable Patrick Carl Scully MP Minister for Police The Honourable Carmel Mary Tebbutt MP Minister for Education and Training The Honourable Michael Costa MLC Treasurer, Minister for Infrastructure, and Minister for the Hunter The Honourable John Hatzistergos MLC Minister for Health The Honourable Frank Ernest Sartor MP Minister for Planning, Minister for Redfern Waterloo, Minister for Science and Medical Research, and Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Cancer) The Honourable Reba Paige Meagher MP Minister for Community Services, and Minister for Youth The Honourable Sandra Christine Nori MP Minister for Tourism and Sport and Recreation, Minister for Women, and Minister Assisting the Minister for State Development The Honourable Ian Michael Macdonald MLC Minister for Natural Resources, Minister for Primary Industries, and Minister for Mineral Resources The Honourable Anthony Bernard Kelly MLC Minister for Justice, Minister for Juvenile Justice, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Lands, and Minister for Rural Affairs The Honourable Diane Beamer MP Minister for Western Sydney, Minister for Fair Trading, and Minister Assisting the Minister for Commerce The Honourable Joseph Guerino Tripodi MP Minister for Energy, Minister for Ports and Waterways, and Minister Assisting the Treasurer on Business and Economic Regulatory Reform The Honourable David Andrew Campbell MP Minister for Water Utilities, Minister for Small Business, Minister for Regional Development, and Minister for the Illawarra The Honourable Grant Anthony McBride MP Minister for Gaming and Racing, and Minister for the Central Coast The Honourable Kerry Arthur Hickey MP Minister for Local Government The Honourable Eric Michael Roozendaal MLC Minister for Roads The Honourable Cherie Ann Burton MP Minister for Housing, and Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Mental Health) The Honourable Milton Orkopoulos MP Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, and Minister Assisting the Premier on Citizenship By Her Excellency’s Command, MORRIS IEMMA, M.P., Premier NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT GAZETTE No. 25 17 February 2006 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 903 New South Wales Public Sector Employment and Management (Ministers) Order 2006 under the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 MARIE BASHIR,, GovernorGovernor I, Professor Marie Bashir AC, Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of Chapter 4 of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002, make the following Order. Dated, this 17th day of Februaryday of February 2006. 2006. By Her Excellency’s Command, MORRIS IEMMA, M.P., Premier Premier s06-052-35.p01 Page 1 NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT GAZETTE No. 25 904 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 17 February 2006 Clause 1 Public Sector Employment and Management (Ministers) Order 2006 Public Sector Employment and Management (Ministers) Order 2006 under the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 1Name of Order This Order is the Public Sector Employment and Management (Ministers) Order 2006. 2 Definition In this Order: document means any Act or statutory instrument, or any other instrument, or any contract or agreement. 3 Construction of references to Special Minister of State In any document, a reference to the Special Minister of State is to be construed as a reference to the Minister for Finance. 4 Construction of references to Assistant Treasurer In any document, a reference to the Assistant Treasurer is to be construed as a reference to the Treasurer. 5 Construction of certain references to Minister for Finance In any document, a reference to the Minister for Finance that is used in or in relation to the NSW Self Insurance Corporation Act 2004, the Pacific Power (Dissolution) Act 2003 or any other Act administered by the Treasurer is to be construed as a reference to the Treasurer. 6 Construction of certain references to Treasurer In any document, a reference to the Treasurer that is used in or in relation to the Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997 is to be construed as a reference to the Minister for Finance. 7 Construction of references to Treasurer in relation to Rail SOCs (1) A reference: (a) in paragraph (b) of the definition of eligible Ministers in section 3 (1) of the State Owned Corporations Act 1989, or Page 2 NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT GAZETTE No. 25 17 February 2006 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 905 Public Sector Employment and Management (Ministers) Order 2006 Clause 8 (b) in section 20H of that Act, to the Treasurer is to be construed as a reference to the Premier if the reference is used in relation to a Rail SOC. (2) A reference in any other document to the Treasurer is to be construed as a reference to the Premier if the reference is used in relation to the Treasurer’s functions as a voting shareholder of a Rail SOC. (3) In this clause: Rail SOC means any of the following State owned corporations: (a) Rail Corporation New South Wales, (b) Rail Infrastructure Corporation, (c) Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation. 8 Construction of references to Minister for Utilities In any document, a reference to the Minister for Utilities is to be construed: (a) if used in or in relation to legislation administered by the Minister for Energy, as a reference to the Minister for Energy, or (b) if used in or in relation to legislation administered by the Minister for Water Utilities, as a reference to the Minister for Water Utilities. 9 Ministerial responsibility for Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability The Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability is responsible to the Minister for Energy and the Minister for Water Utilities. 10 Repeal of Order The Public Sector Employment and Management (Treasurer) Order 2005 is repealed. Page 3 NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT GAZETTE No. 25 906 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 17 February 2006 The Cabinet Offi ce, Sydney 17 February 2006 ALLOCATION OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF ACTS HER Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has approved of the administration of the Acts listed in the attached Schedule being vested in the Ministers indicated against each respectively, subject to the administration of any such Act, to the extent that it directly amends another Act, being vested in the Minister administering the other Act or the relevant portion of it. The arrangements are in substitution for those in operation before the date of this notice. MORRIS IEMMA, M.P., Premier ALLOCATION OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF ACTS PREMIER Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 No 48, Part 9A (remainder, Attorney General) Anzac Memorial (Building) Act 1923 No 27 Australia Acts (Request) Act 1985 No 109 Competition Policy Reform (New South Wales) Act 1995 No 8 Constitution Act 1902 No 32 Constitution Further Amendment (Referendum) Act 1930 No 2 Constitution (Legislative Council Reconstitution) Savings Act 1993 No 19 Election Funding Act 1981 No 78 Essential Services Act 1988 No 41, Parts 1 and 2 (remainder, Minister for Industrial Relations) Freedom of Information Act 1989 No 5 Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988 No 35 Independent Commission Against Corruption (Commissioner) Act 1994 No 61 Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal Act 1992 No 39 Infrastructure Implementation Corporation Act 2005 No 89 Interpretation Act 1987 No 15 Legislation Review Act 1987 No 165 Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002 No 28 Mutual Recognition (New South Wales) Act 1992 No 61 Natural Resources Commission Act 2003 No 102 (except Part 3, jointly with the Minister for Natural Resources) Ombudsman Act 1974 No 68 Parliamentary Electorates
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