New Zealand Legislation: Acts

40 Requirements for information on future operating intentions

• The information required under section 38 must set out and explain for the period to which it relates—

  • (a) the nature and scope of the department's functions and intended operations; and

  • (b) the specific impacts, outcomes, or objectives that the department seeks to achieve or to contribute to through its operations; and

  • (c) how the department intends to—

    • (i) perform its functions and conduct its operations to achieve those impacts, outcomes, or objectives; and

    • (ii) effectively manage those functions and operations within a changeable operating environment; and

  • (d) the main measures and standards that the department intends to use to assess and report on matters relating to the department's future performance, including, without limitation, the following matters:

    • (i) the impacts, outcomes, or objectives achieved or contributed to by the department (including possible unintended impacts or negative outcomes):

    • (ii) the cost-effectiveness of the interventions that the department delivers or administers:

    • (iii) the department's organisational health and capability to perform its functions and conduct its operations effectively; and

  • (e) any other matters that—

    • (i) are reasonably necessary to achieve an understanding of the department's operating intentions and direction; or

    • (ii) may be specified by the Minister or the Responsible Minister for the purposes of subparagraph (i).

  Parts 4 to 6 (comprising sections 33 to 65A) were substituted by new Parts 4 to 6 (comprising sections 33 to 65ZG), as from 25 January 2005, by section 16 Public Finance Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 113). See sections 32 to 36 of that Act as to the transitional provisions.