26Annual operational plan

#### 26 Annual operational plan (1) The Commission shall develop, and prepare in writing, in respect of each financial year ending after the commencement of this Act, an operational plan, setting out particulars of: (a) the programs the Commission proposes to carry out; and (b) the resources the Commission proposes to allocate to each such program; during that year in giving effect to the corporate plan that relates, or the intended corporate plan that will relate, to a period that includes that year or a part of that year. (2) If the Minister is of the opinion that an operational plan in relation to a financial year is inconsistent with the corporate plan relating to the period that includes that year or a part of that year, the Minister may, in writing, request the Commission to revise the operational plan. (3) The Commission may, at any time, revise an operational plan, and shall revise the plan if the Minister requests it under subsection (2) to do so and gives written reasons for the request. (4) An operational plan, or a revision of an operational plan: (a) shall be submitted to the Minister as soon as practicable; and (b) comes into force when it is approved, in writing, by the Minister. (5) The Minister shall approve an operational plan, or a revision of an operational plan, unless the Minister is of the opinion that the plan, or the plan as proposed to be revised, as the case may be, is inconsistent with the corporate plan.