397JAnnual performance statements

#### 397J Annual performance statements 397J Annual performance statements > > (1) Within 5 months from the end of each year, a joint organisation must prepare a report (its annual performance statement) for that year reporting as to its progress in implementing its strategies and plans for delivering its strategic regional priorities. > > > (2) The annual performance statement is to be published by the joint organisation on a website maintained by the organisation within 28 days after it is made. > > > (3) Section 217 (other than section 217(1)(a1)(iiia) and (iv), (a4), (e), (e1) or (f)) applies to an annual performance statement of a joint organisation in the same way as it applies to an annual report of a council. > > > (4) A joint organisation is not required to, but may, prepare an annual performance statement for the first year in which it is established. > > > (5) For the purposes of section 400ZH(4)(b) of the Act, section 406 of the Act applies to a joint organisation as if a reference in that section to an annual report were a reference to an annual performance statement required to be prepared by the organisation under this section.