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Amendment of section 44 of Principal Act
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18. Section 44 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in subsection (1)—
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(i) by the insertion of “, in respect of the functions of the Agency other than its education welfare functions,” after “shall”, and
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(ii) by the substitution of “(in this subsection and subsection (1A) referred to as a ‘Performance Statement’)” for “(‘Performance Statement’)”,
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(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):
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“(1A) The Minister for Education shall, in respect of the education welfare functions of the Agency, develop an annual Performance Statement to provide the Agency with specific policy guidance, direction, prioritisation and resource parameters in respect of each year for the preparation of its annual business plan.”,
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(c) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “and the Minister for Education shall provide the Performance Statement developed by the respective Minister concerned” for “shall provide the Performance Statement”,
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(d) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “Statements” for “Statement”, and
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(e) in subsection (4), by the substitution of “Neither the Minister nor the Minister for Education shall” for “The Minister shall not”.
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