Part 4CORPORATE PLANS AND ANNUAL OPERATIONAL PLANS

PART 4—CORPORATE PLANS AND ANNUAL OPERATIONAL PLANS

Commission to prepare corporate plans

32. (1) The Commission must:

(a) as soon as possible after 1 July 1991, prepare, and give to the Minister, a corporate plan relating to the period of 5 years commencing on that date; and

(b) before 1 June in each subsequent calendar year, prepare and give to the Minister a corporate plan relating to the period of 5 years commencing on the following 1 July.

(2) Before preparing a corporate plan, the Commission must consult with the Wool Council of Australia and may consult with any other representative of the wool industry as it thinks fit.

(3) A corporate plan must:

(a) define what, in the opinion of the Commission, should be the Commission’s principal goals; and

(b) give an outline of the strategies that are, in the opinion of the Commission, to be pursued in achieving those goals; and

(c) set out performance indicators by reference to which an assessment can be made whether the Commission is achieving its goals; and

(d) include the Commission’s equal employment opportunity program developed under section 61.

Agreement to corporate plans

33. (1) Where a corporate plan is given or re-submitted to the Minister, the Minister may, by notice in writing given to the Commission:

(a) agree to the plan; or

(b) if the Minister is of the opinion that the plan should be revised in some respect—request the Commission to revise the plan appropriately.

(2) The Minister must include in a notice of request a statement setting out the Minister’s reasons for making the request.

(3) Where the Commission receives a request, the Commission must:

(a) consider the request and statement of reasons; and

(b) make such revision of the corporate plan as it considers appropriate; and

(c) re-submit the revised plan to the Minister for the Minister’s agreement.

(4) A corporate plan comes into force:

(a) at the commencement of the period to which the plan relates; or

(b) on the day on which the Commission receives notice of the Minister’s agreement;

whichever is the later.

(5) Upon coming into force of a corporate plan, any corporate plan that is already in force ceases to be in force.

Variation of corporate plans by Commission

34. (1) Subject to subsection (4), the Commission may vary a corporate plan with the agreement of the Minister.

(2) Where the Commission wishes to vary a corporate plan, the Commission must prepare written proposals for the variations and give a copy of the proposals to the Minister together with a statement setting out the Commission’s reasons for making the proposals.