Child and Family Agency Act 2013
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Corporate plan of Agency | ||
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42. (1) The Agency shall prepare and adopt a corporate plan to be submitted to the Minister for approval, with or without amendment, for each ensuing 3 year period. | ||
(2) A corporate plan shall— | ||
(a) include the Agency’s key objectives, outputs and related strategies, | ||
(b) 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 statutory functions in the previous 3 years, | ||
(c) be prepared in a form and manner in accordance with any directions issued from time to time by the Minister, | ||
(d) be prepared and submitted to the Minister no later than— | ||
(i) in respect of the first corporate plan, 3 months after the receipt of the Performance Framework, developed in accordance with section 41 , | ||
(ii) in respect of each subsequent corporate plan, 3 months from the receipt of the relevant Performance Framework, | ||
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(e) accord with the policies and objectives of the Minister and the Government as they relate to the functions of the Agency. | ||
(3) In preparing the corporate plan, the Agency shall have regard to the Performance Framework provided by the Minister. | ||
(4) Within 30 days of receiving a corporate plan, the Minister shall— | ||
(a) approve the plan, | ||
(b) issue directions regarding amendments to the proposed plan, or | ||
(c) refuse to approve the plan where the plan is not amended in accordance with any directions that may be given by the Minister to the Agency. | ||
(5) An approved corporate plan may be amended by— | ||
(a) the Minister at any time, or | ||
(b) the Agency, where— | ||
(i) the Agency submits the proposed amendment to the Minister for approval, and | ||
(ii) the amendment is approved by the Minister. | ||
(6) Nothing in a corporate plan shall limit the Agency in the performance of its functions. |