Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Digital Transformation Agency) Rules 2021

I, Simon Birmingham, Minister for Finance, make the following rules.

Dated 25 June 2021

Simon Birmingham

Minister for Finance

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014

1  Name

  This instrument is the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Digital Transformation Agency) Rules 2021.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014

1  Subclause 10(1) of Schedule 1

Omit “(1)”.

2  Paragraph 10(1)(e) of Schedule 1

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

 (e) the purposes of the listed entity include the following:

 (i) to provide strategic and policy leadership on whole‑of‑government and shared information and communications technology (ICT) investments and digital service delivery;

 (ii) to develop, deliver and monitor whole‑of‑government strategies, policies and standards for digital and ICT investments, including ICT procurement;

 (iii) to manage strategic coordination and oversight functions for digital and ICT investments during the life cycle of a project, including by providing advice on whole‑of‑government opportunities to re‑use the investments;

 (iv) to manage whole‑of‑government digital procurement to simplify processes, reduce costs and generate opportunities to re‑use digital and ICT products and services;

 (v) to provide advice to the responsible Minister for the entity on whole‑of‑government and shared digital and ICT investment proposals;

 (vi) to undertake other relevant tasks as the responsible Minister for the entity may require from time to time.

3  Subclause 10(2) of Schedule 1

Repeal the subclause.