Appointment of Commissioner for the commission of inquiry into certain matters relating to the leasing by the Commonwealth of accommodation for the Australian National Audit Office (Cth)

ENTERED ON RECORD by me in Register of Patents No. 39 , page 43 , on 24 June 2004 ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth:

TO the Honourable David Anthony Hunt AO QC

Secretary to the Federal Executive Council WHEREAS it is desired to have an inquiry into certain matters relating to the leasing by the Commonwealth of accommodation for the Australian National Audit Office in Centenary House at Barton in the Australian Capital Territory (the Centenary House Lease), which was the subject of the Royal Commission of Inquiry conducted by the Honourable Trevor Rees Morling QC in 1994 (the 1994 Inquiry):

BY these Letters Patent issued in Our name by Our Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia on the advice of the Federal Executive Council and pursuant to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Royal Commissions Act 1902 and other enabling powers, We appoint you to be a Commissioner to inquire into and report on the circumstances surrounding the Centenary House lease.

AND in particular, We direct that you inquire into:

(a) whether movements and trends in commercial rates and leasing arrangements since the 1994 Inquiry, or any other matters, cast new light on the findings of that Inquiry;