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Terms of Reference
Letters Patent
NEW SOUTH WALES
ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God, Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.
To Mr Bret William Walker SC.
WHEREAS BY Letters Patent issued in Our Name by Our Governor of Our State of New South Wales on 4 April 2007, WE appointed you as sole Commissioner to inquire into and report to Our Governor on the present state of Sydney Ferries’ provision of ferry services and any action which should be taken to improve the ability of Sydney Ferries to provide safe, efficient and customer-focused ferry services.
AND WHEREAS it is desirable that those Letters Patent be varied to provide additional time for the preparation and delivery of your report.
NOW THEREFORE WE do, by these Our Letters Patent issued in Our Name by Our Governor of Our said State, with the advice of the Executive Council, and pursuant to section 6 of the Special Commissions of Inquiry Act 1983, DECLARE that the Letters Patent constituting your Commission shall have effect as if the paragraph “AND OUR further will and pleasure is that you do, as expeditiously as possible, but in any case on or before 31 August 2007, deliver your final report in writing of the results of your inquiry to the office of Our Governor in Sydney,” were deleted and replaced with the following paragraph:
“AND OUR further will and pleasure is that you do, as expeditiously as possible, but in any case on or before 31 October 2007, deliver your final report in writing of the results of your inquiry to the office of Our Governor in Sydney.”
AND IT IS FURTHER DECLARED that these Letters Patent are to be read with the Letters Patent constituting your Commission.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, WE have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Public Seal of Our State to be hereunto affixed.
WITNESS Her Excellency
Professor Marie Bashir,
Companion of the Order of Australia,
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order,
Governor of the State of New South Wales
in the Commonwealth of Australia.
Dated this 15th day of August 2007.
Marie Bashir
Governor
By Her Excellency's Command,
Morris Iemma
Premier
Letters Patent
NEW SOUTH WALES
ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God, Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.
To Mr Bret Walker SC.
By these Our Letter Patent, made and issued under the authority of the Special Commission of Inquiry Act 1983, We hereby, with the advice of the Executive Council, authorise you as Commissioner ot inquire into and report to Our Govenor of the said State on the following matter:
the present state of Sydney Ferries’ provision of ferry services and any action which should be taken to improve the ability of Sydney Ferries to provide safe, efficient and customer-focused ferry services. Such action may include, but is not limited to:
(1) changes to management structures and practices;
(2) changes to operations;
(3) changes to industrial practices;
(4) measures to achieve cultural change; and
(5) changes in regulatory and governance arrangements.
You are not required to investigate the incidents involving Sydney Ferries’ services on 5 January 2007 and 28 March 2007, in which fatalities occurred; however, any recommendations you make must be compatible with the findings of any inquest and the findings (whether interim or final) of the investigation by the Office of Transport Safety Investigations, should any such findings be available before you deliver your report.
AND hereby establish a Special Commission of Inquiry for this purpose.
AND OUR further will and pleasure is that you do, as expeditiously as possible, but in any case on or before 31 August 2007, deliver your final report in writing of the results of your inquiry to the office of Our Govenor in Sydney.
AND pursuant to section 21 of the Special Commissions of Inquiry Act it is hereby declared that sections 22, 23 and 24 shall apply to and in respect of the Special Commission the subject of these Our Letters Patent.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, WE have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Public Seal of Our State to be hereunto affixed.
WITNESS Her Excellency
Professor Marie Bashir,
Companion of the Order of Australia,
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order,
Govenor of the State of New South Wales
in the Commonwealth of Australia.
Dated this 4th day of April 2007.
Marie Bashir
Govenor
By Her Excellency's Command
Morris Iemma
Premier
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