Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TERTIARY EDUCATION QUALITY AND STANDARDS AGENCY ACT 2011 (NO. 73, 2011) - SECT 162

             (1)  TEQSA must give the Minister an annual operational plan relating to the 12-month period beginning on 1 July in each year. TEQSA must do so:

                     (a)  for the first operational plan--before the end of the period of 3 months beginning on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent; and

                     (b)  for later operational plans--before 30 April in that year.

             (2)  An annual operational plan must:

                     (a)  set out particulars of the action that TEQSA intends to take during the period to which the plan relates in order to give effect to, or further, the principal objectives set out in the strategic plan applicable to the period; and

                     (b)  include such performance indicators as TEQSA considers appropriate against which TEQSA's performance can be assessed during the period to which the plan relates.

             (3)  An annual operational plan is not a legislative instrument.