Section 271 — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001: Service agreements between Corporation and Minister

271 Service agreements between Corporation and Minister (1) In this section, year means a period of 12 months commencing on 1 July in any year and ending with the close of 30 June in the next year. (2) Once a year, the Minister must require the Corporation to enter into with the Minister a service agreement concerning the quality and quantity of services to be purchased or provided by the Corporation (including services delivered through any Crown entity subsidiary of the Corporation). (3) A service agreement entered into under this section must— (a) revoke any existing service agreement; and (b) be signed by the Minister and the Corporation no later than 30 June in the year before the first year to which it relates; and (c) relate, at least, to the year after the year in which it is signed and to the next 2 following years. (4) A service agreement entered into under this section may set out— (a) desired outcomes and objectives in relation to the performance and exercise of the functions, duties, and powers of the Corporation: (b) injury prevention programmes that the Corporation intends to undertake: (c) other injury prevention programmes that the Minister chooses to have funded from an appropriation by Parliament: (d) desired outcomes and objectives arising from the operation of the Code of ACC Claimants' Rights: (e) desired outcomes and objectives in relation to the performance of each Account: (f) desired outcomes and objectives in relation to the management of the funds managed by the Corporation: (g) reporting requirements of the Corporation either in relation to the Accounts or in relation to the Corporation's functions and powers or in relation to both. (5) The Minister must, within 10 working days after entering into a service agreement with the Corporation, present a copy of the service agreement to the House of Representatives. (6) A service agreement is an output agreement for the purposes of the Crown Entities Act 2004 in respect of any outputs covered by the agreement and section 170(2) , (4) , and (5) of the Crown Entities Act 2004 applies to a service agreement, with any necessary modifications. Compare: 1998 No 114 s 340 Subsection (2) was amended, as from 25 January 2005, by section 200 Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115) by inserting the words “ Crown entity ” before the word “ subsidiary ” . Subsection (6) was inserted, as from 25 January 2005, by section 200 Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).