Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN TOURIST COMMISSION ACT 1987 No. 136 of 1987 - SECT 26

26. (1) When the Board is preparing the corporate plan under subsection 25 (1)
or revising the corporate plan under subsection 25 (2), it shall prepare an
annual operational plan for the earliest financial year to which the corporate
plan or the corporate plan as so revised, as the case may be, will relate.

(2) The annual operational plan for a financial year shall:

   (a)  contain an estimate of the Commission's receipts and expenditure for
        the financial year; and

   (b)  specify:

        (i)    the programs that the Board proposes the Commission to carry
               out; and

        (ii)   the resources that the Board proposes to allocate to each such
               program; in giving effect to the corporate plan during the
               financial year.

(3) If the Minister is of the opinion that the annual operational plan is
inconsistent with the corporate plan, the Minister may, in writing, request
the Board to revise the annual operational plan.

(4) The Board may, at any time, revise the annual operational plan, and shall
revise the plan if the Minister requests it under subsection (3) to do so and
gives written reasons for the request.

(5) An annual operational plan, and a revision of an annual operational plan:

   (a)  shall be submitted to the Minister as soon as practicable after it is
        prepared; and

   (b)  has no effect until it is approved, in writing, by the Minister.

(6) The Minister shall approve an annual operational plan, or a revision of an
annual operational plan, unless the Minister is of the opinion that the plan,
or the plan as proposed to be revised, as the case may be, is inconsistent
with the corporate plan.