Education Act 2016

The Registrar is to prepare a corporate plan annually.

A corporate plan is to include targets that measure the performance outcomes of the functions of the Registrar.

A corporate plan is to be – consistent with an applicable Ministerial statement of expectations given under section 219A; and in such form, if any, as specified in a Ministerial instruction issued under section 6.

In preparing a corporate plan, the Registrar – is to consult the Minister; and may consult such other persons as he or she considers appropriate.

After preparing a corporate plan, the Registrar is to submit a draft of the plan to the Minister for approval.

The Minister may – approve the draft corporate plan as submitted; or require the Registrar to amend the draft corporate plan and resubmit it for approval.

To avoid doubt, the Minister’s power under subsection (6)(b) may be exercised more than once.

If a draft corporate plan is approved by the Minister – it takes effect as the corporate plan of the Registrar for the period specified in a Ministerial instruction issued under section 6 for the purposes of this section; and the Registrar is to act in accordance with the corporate plan during that period.

The Registrar, having regard to changes of circumstance or for other reasonable cause, may prepare an amendment to the corporate plan at any time.

Subsections (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8) have the same application to an amendment as they have to the plan itself, and the amendment takes effect once it has been approved by the Minister.

The Registrar is to ensure that the current corporate plan, and the current Ministerial statement of expectations given to the Registrar under section 219A, are available for public inspection in such manner as the Registrar determines.