Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2014 (62 of 2014)

Schedule 7   Amendments of Acts starting with A

Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992

89   Sections 50, 51 and 52

Repeal the sections, substitute:

51 Approval of corporate plan

(1) The Chief Executive Officer must give a corporate plan, prepared under section 35 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, to the Minister for approval on or before:

(a) 1 June in each calendar year; or

(b) a later day in a particular calendar year, as allowed by the Minister;

unless the Minister determines otherwise.

(2) The plan comes into force on the later of:

(a) if approval is required under subsection (1) - the day it is approved by the Minister; and

(b) the first day of the period to which it relates.

(3) Subsection 35(3) of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (which deals with the Australian Government’s key priorities and objectives) does not apply to a corporate plan prepared by the Chief Executive Officer.

52 Variation of corporate plan

(1) The Chief Executive Officer may, at any time, review a corporate plan and consider whether a variation to the plan is necessary.

(2) The Chief Executive Officer must, if requested by the Minister, vary a corporate plan and give the variation to the Minister for approval.

(3) The Chief Executive Officer may, with the approval of the Minister, vary a corporate plan.

(4) A variation of a plan already in force takes effect on the day the variation is approved.

(5) Despite subsection (3), the Minister’s approval is not required for a minor variation of the plan. A minor variation of a plan already in force takes effect on the day the variation is made.