Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM ACT 1990 - SECT 28

             (1)  The Council shall develop, and prepare in writing, in respect of each financial year ending after the commencement of this Act, an operational plan, setting out particulars of:

                     (a)  the programs the Council proposes to carry out; and

                     (b)  the resources the Council proposes to allocate to each program;

during the year in giving effect to the strategic plan that relates, or the intended strategic plan that will relate, to a period that includes that year or a part of that year.

             (2)  If the Minister is of the opinion that an operational plan in relation to a financial year is inconsistent with the strategic plan relating to the period that includes that year or a part of that year, the Minister may, in writing, request the Council to revise the operational plan.

             (3)  The Council may at any time, revise an operational plan, and shall revise the plan if the Minister requests it under subsection (2) to do so and gives written reasons for the request.

             (4)  An operational plan, or a revision of an operational plan:

                     (a)  shall be submitted to the Minister as soon as practicable; and

                     (b)  comes into force when it is approved, in writing, by the Minister.

             (5)  The Minister shall approve an operational plan, or a revision of an 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 strategic plan.