South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts16—Annual business plan and budget
(1) The Authority
must, on or before 31 May in each year, submit to the Minister for
approval a business plan and budget for the next financial year.
(2) The plan and
budget must be prepared in consultation with outback communities in accordance
with the Authority's public consultation policy (see section 14).
(3) The plan must
include—
(a) a
statement of the Authority's objectives for the provision of public services
and facilities to outback communities for the financial year; and
(b) a
statement of—
(i)
the activities that the Authority intends to undertake to
achieve its objectives; and
(ii)
the means by which its activities are to be carried out,
including the extent to which it is intended that public services and
facilities will be provided to outback communities by community organisations;
and
(c) an
assessment of the financial requirements of the Authority for the financial
year and a summary of its proposed operating expenditure, capital expenditure
and sources of revenue having regard to those requirements; and
(d) a
statement of the rates proposed to be declared for the financial year; and
(e) an
assessment of the impact of the rates on outback communities; and
(f) any
other matter required by the Minister or prescribed by regulation.
(4) The budget
must—
(a) be
prepared in accordance with any requirements prescribed by regulation; and
(b) be
submitted to the Minister for approval in conjunction with the Authority's
annual business plan; and
(c) be
approved after the annual business plan is approved.
(5) The Minister may
approve an annual business plan and budget submitted under this section with
or without modification.
(6) If an annual
business plan is not approved by the Minister (with or without modification)
before the commencement of the financial year to which it relates, the
Authority may proceed as if it were approved (but is bound by any
modifications subsequently required by the Minister).
(7) The Authority must
not, without the consent of the Minister, make any expenditure that is not
authorised by an approved budget.
(8) The Authority may,
at any time, and must, if the regulations so require, submit a variation of
its annual business plan or budget to the Minister for the Minister's approval
(and the variation may be approved with or without modification).
(9) A variation must
be prepared in consultation with outback communities in accordance with the
Authority's public consultation policy (see section 14).