❓ A WA parliamentary question sought details on Act of Grace payments made by agencies under the Finance, Commerce, and Small Business portfolios between January and August 2011. The Department of Commerce made one payment to Gadens Lawyers for legal services related to a Consumer Protection case.
AnsweredQoN 5951Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
Will the Minister advise as to any Act of Grace payments made by any agencies or departments under the Minister’s portfolio responsibilities between 1 January 2011 and 1 August 2011, including:
(a) the name of the person or company receiving the payment;
(b) the amount of the payment;
(c) the reasons for the payment; and
(d) the processes undertaken between the application, or proposal for such a payment to be made, and the making of that payment?
(a) the name of the person or company receiving the payment;
(b) the amount of the payment;
(c) the reasons for the payment; and
(d) the processes undertaken between the application, or proposal for such a payment to be made, and the making of that payment?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
22 September 2011
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Finance; Commerce; Small Business
Response time
43 days
Department of Commerce
(a) Gadens Lawyers Pty Ltd.
(b) $16 235.62.
(c) Legal services rendered from 4 January 2011 to 29 July 2011 to Mr & Mrs Krygsman.
Mr and Mrs Krysgman were owed a substantial amount of money by the operators of the Karrinyup Lakes Lifestyle Village pursuant to settlement of legal action taken by the Consumer Protection Division of the Department of Commerce to enforce their rights under a retirement village lease. Legal action by Consumer Protection on their behalf to enforce the debt may have created a conflict of interest because such action may have resulted in the winding-up of the operator, and had an adverse effect on the remaining residents' interests.
(d) The then Minister for Commerce wrote to the Treasurer on 26 November 2010 advising of his intention to exercise his delegated authority to approve the Act of Grace payment. Approval for the payment was granted on 29 November 2010 by the Minister in his delegated capacity as Treasurer. On 1 February 2011 further approval was granted by the Minister as the Treasurer's delegate, for the Commissioner for Consumer Protection approval on 29 November 2010 to the wind up application under the
Corporations Act 2001 (Cwth)
in order for Mr and Mrs Krysgman to enforce the debt.
Department of Finance
(a-d) Nil
Department of the Registrar, WA Industrial Relations Commission
(a-d) Nil
Small Business Development Corporation
(a-d) Nil
Workcover
(a-d) Nil
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(a) Gadens Lawyers Pty Ltd.
(b) $16 235.62.
(c) Legal services rendered from 4 January 2011 to 29 July 2011 to Mr & Mrs Krygsman.
Mr and Mrs Krysgman were owed a substantial amount of money by the operators of the Karrinyup Lakes Lifestyle Village pursuant to settlement of legal action taken by the Consumer Protection Division of the Department of Commerce to enforce their rights under a retirement village lease. Legal action by Consumer Protection on their behalf to enforce the debt may have created a conflict of interest because such action may have resulted in the winding-up of the operator, and had an adverse effect on the remaining residents' interests.
(d) The then Minister for Commerce wrote to the Treasurer on 26 November 2010 advising of his intention to exercise his delegated authority to approve the Act of Grace payment. Approval for the payment was granted on 29 November 2010 by the Minister in his delegated capacity as Treasurer. On 1 February 2011 further approval was granted by the Minister as the Treasurer's delegate, for the Commissioner for Consumer Protection approval on 29 November 2010 to the wind up application under the
Corporations Act 2001 (Cwth)
in order for Mr and Mrs Krysgman to enforce the debt.
Department of Finance
(a-d) Nil
Department of the Registrar, WA Industrial Relations Commission
(a-d) Nil
Small Business Development Corporation
(a-d) Nil
Workcover
(a-d) Nil
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