Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

CHAPTER 2 - COMMONWEALTH ENTITIES AND THE COMMONWEALTH  

PART 2-3 - PLANNING, PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY  

Division 3 - Performance of Commonwealth entities  

SECTION 37   RECORDS ABOUT PERFORMANCE OF COMMONWEALTH ENTITIES  

37(1)    
The accountable authority of a Commonwealth entity must cause records to be kept that properly record and explain the entity ' s performance in achieving its purposes.

37(2)    
The accountable authority must ensure that the records are kept in a way that:

(a)    complies with any requirements prescribed by the rules; and

(b)    enables the preparation of the annual performance statements required by section 39 .

37(3)    
The responsible Minister and the Finance Minister are entitled to full and free access to the records kept under this section. However, those Ministers ' access is subject to any Commonwealth law that prohibits disclosure of particular information.