Tasmanian Assessment, Standards and Certification Act 2003

The Board is to prepare a corporate plan annually.

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

A corporate plan is to be – consistent with an applicable Ministerial statement of expectations given under section 13; and in such form, if any, as specified in a Ministerial instruction issued under section 6 of the Education Act 2016.

In preparing a corporate plan, the Board – is to consult the Minister; and may consult such other persons as it considers appropriate.

After preparing a corporate plan, the Board 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 Board 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 Board for the period specified in a Ministerial instruction issued under section 6 of the Education Act 2016 for the purposes of this section; and the Board is to act in accordance with the corporate plan during that period.

The Board, 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 Board is to ensure that the current corporate plan, and the current Ministerial statement of expectations given to the Board under section 13, are available for public inspection in such manner as the Board determines.