Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Act 2023
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PART 3 Governance and Accountability | ||
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Corporate plan | ||
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30. (1) The chief executive shall, having consulted with the Board in accordance with section 19 (2), within 6 months after the establishment day and not later than the expiration of each subsequent 3 year period, prepare and submit to the Minister a corporate plan for the Agency in respect of the period of 3 years immediately following the year in which the plan is so submitted. | ||
(2) A corporate plan shall— | ||
(a) be prepared in such form and manner and contain such information as may be in accordance with any directions issued by the Minister, | ||
(b) specify in relation to the period to which the plan relates— | ||
(i) the main objectives of the Agency and how the Agency will apply its resources to each such objective, | ||
(ii) the strategies that will be pursued in order to achieve the main objectives, | ||
(iii) where reasonably practicable, the outcomes by which the achievement of the main objectives may be measured, and | ||
(iv) any other information connected with the functions of the Agency which the chief executive considers appropriate, | ||
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(c) except in the case of the first such plan, include a review and evaluation of the work of the Agency in the performance of its functions under this Act in the previous 3 years. | ||
(3) The chief executive shall, before preparing a corporate plan, consult with the Minister and with such other persons as the chief executive considers appropriate. | ||
(4) In preparing a corporate plan, the chief executive shall have regard to— | ||
(a) the policies and objectives of the Minister and the Government in so far as those policies and objectives may affect, or relate to, the functions of the Agency, | ||
(b) any policy directives issued by the Minister under section 38 , | ||
(c) the views of the Board as may be provided following consultation under section 19 (2), | ||
(d) the views of the Minister and such other persons referred to in subsection (3) as may be provided following consultation with them under that subsection, and | ||
(e) the resources reasonably and prudently expected to be available to the Agency for the period to which the corporate plan relates and the need to ensure the most effective and efficient use of those resources. | ||
(5) The Minister shall, within 2 months of receiving a corporate plan submitted to him or her under subsection (1)— | ||
(a) approve the plan without amendment, or | ||
(b) issue to the chief executive such directions regarding amendments to the plan as the Minister considers necessary. | ||
(6) Where the Minister has issued directions under subsection (5)(b), the chief executive shall submit an amended plan to the Minister not later than 4 weeks after the receipt by the chief executive of the directions. | ||
(7) The Minister, within 4 weeks of receiving a corporate plan submitted to him or her under subsection (6)— | ||
(a) where the plan is amended in accordance with any directions given by the Minister under subsection (5)(b), shall approve it, or | ||
(b) where the plan is not amended in accordance with any directions given by the Minister under subsection (5)(b), may refuse to approve it. | ||
(8) A corporate plan may be amended— | ||
(a) by the Minister at any time, or | ||
(b) by the chief executive, where— | ||
(i) the chief executive submits an amendment to the plan to the Minister for his or her approval, and | ||
(ii) the amendment is approved by the Minister. | ||
(9) Subsections (2) to (4) shall apply with the necessary modifications in respect of an amendment to a corporate plan by the chief executive under subsection (8)(b) as it applies to a corporate plan. |