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.