When does the Defence Delivery Agency become a listed entity?
On 1 July 2027. Section 2 commences the whole instrument on that date, and clause 8(1)(a) makes the DDA a listed entity for the finance law. Before that date the PGPA Rule does not contain clause 8.
The date is printed in section 2, not calculated. The commencement table lists the whole instrument against 1 July 2027, and column 3 repeats the date for information only. Subsection 2(2) says column 3 is not part of the instrument.
What applies the day before?
On 30 June 2027 the PGPA Rule applies without clause 8. The DDA is not a listed entity under the Rule, the National Armaments Director is not its accountable authority for the finance law, and the listed persons are not its officials. The functions still sit in the Department of Defence or in the transition arrangements described by the Government.
What changes on the day?
Clause 8(1) takes effect as a whole. The DDA becomes a listed non-corporate Commonwealth entity, the National Armaments Director becomes the accountable authority, four classes of person become officials and the six purposes apply. The planning, performance, reporting, risk and annual report provisions that attach to a non-corporate entity then reach the DDA.
Is there a transition period?
The instrument does not provide one. There is no staged start for a particular clause and no later date for the accountable authority. The transition work has to be done before the date, which is why the record includes a dated plan that works back from 1 July 2027.
What about the amending instrument itself?
It is repealed on 2 July 2027 under Legislation Act 2003 section 48A, because it only amends another instrument. The clause 8 it inserted continues in the PGPA Rule. The date that matters for the entity is 1 July 2027, not the repeal date.
Where to read it in the record
The source
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Defence Delivery Agency) Rules 2026 (F2026L01074) and its explanatory statement, read against the PGPA Act 2013 and the PGPA Rule 2014 Compilation No. 64. Retrieved 2026-10-20. The answer is our own statement. Not legal advice; does not certify.
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