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

Schedule 12   Amendments of Acts starting with S to W

Safe Work Australia Act 2008

37   Section 27

Repeal the section, substitute:

27 Draft corporate plan

(1) Before giving a corporate plan to the Minister under section 35 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, the CEO must prepare a draft corporate plan and give it to the Ministerial Council.

(2) Despite that section, the draft corporate plan must deal with the following matters only:

(a) the outcomes to be achieved by Safe Work Australia;

(b) the strategies that are to be followed by Safe Work Australia to achieve those outcomes.

(3) The draft corporate plan must not deal with the allocation of resources for the performance of Safe Work Australia’s functions.

(4) 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 CEO.