Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (COMMONWEALTH AUTHORITIES) ACT 1987 - SECT 12

(1)

The responsible Minister for a relevant authority may give general directions in writing to the authority about the performance of the authority's obligations under this Act.

(2)

Where, under an Act other than this Act, a relevant authority submits a corporate plan to its responsible Minister, that Minister may have regard to that authority's obligations under this Act and, if that Minister considers that the corporate plan should be revised for the purposes of giving effect to those obligations, shall direct the authority in writing to revise the corporate plan accordingly.

(3)

For the purposes of subsection (2), corporate plan means a plan, however described, prepared by the relevant authority defining the principal objectives of the authority and outlining the policies or strategies to be pursued by the authority in achieving those objectives.