Safe Work Australia Act 2008

The WHS Ministers may direct the CEO to:

make specified alterations to its operational plan for a financial year; and

give the altered plan to the WHS Ministers within the period specified in the direction.

The WHS Ministers give a direction by resolution of the WHS Ministers: see section 69.

A direction under subsection (1):

may only specify an alteration to the plan about the following matters:

the activities that are to be undertaken by Safe Work Australia in performing its functions during the year;

Safe Work Australia’s total amount of expenditure for the year; and

must not specify an alteration dealing with the allocation of resources for the performance of Safe Work Australia’s functions; and

must not be inconsistent with Safe Work Australia’s corporate plan that relates to the year.

The CEO must comply with a direction under subsection (1).

The WHS Ministers must approve the alterations to the plan if:

the plan as altered is given to the WHS Ministers; and

the alterations are in accordance with the direction.

The WHS Ministers give approvals or refusals by resolution of the WHS Ministers: see section 69.

When the WHS Ministers approve the alterations to the plan, the plan as altered is Safe Work Australia’s operational plan for the financial year it covers.

An altered operational plan must be published in such manner as the CEO considers appropriate.

If a direction, an approval or a refusal of the WHS Ministers under this section is made in writing, the direction, approval or refusal is not a legislative instrument.