Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100 Page 101 Page 102 Page 103 Page 104 Page 105 Page 106 Page 107 Page 108 Page 109 Page 110 Page 111 Page 112 Page 113 Page 114 Page 115 Page 116 Page 117 Page 118 Page 119 Page 120 Page 121 Page 122 Page 123 Page 124 Page 125 Page 126 Page 127 Page 128 Page 129 Page 130 Page 131 Page 132 Page 133 Page 134 Page 135 Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Page 150 Page 151 Page 152 Page 153 Page 154 Page 155 Page 156 Page 157 Page 158 Page 159 Page 160 Page 161 Page 162 Page 163 Page 164145 145 Annual report compliance requirements — PGPA Rule Page reference 16F(1) In preparing the annual performance statements, the accountable authority of the entity must measure and assess the entity’s performance in achieving the entity’s purposes in the reporting period in accordance with the method of measuring and assessing the entity’s performance in the reporting period that was set out in the entity’s corporate plan, and in any Portfolio Budget Statement, Portfolio Additional Estimates Statement or other portfolio estimates statement, that were prepared for the reporting period. 43–61 16F(2) The following matter must be included in the annual performance statements for a Commonwealth entity 1. Statements a) a statement that the performance statements are prepared for paragraph 39(1)(a) of the Act; b) a statement specifying the reporting period for which the performance statements are prepared; c) a statement that, in the opinion of the accountable authority of the entity, the performance statements: i) accurately present the entity’s performance in the reporting period; and ii) comply with subsection 39(2) of the Act. 3. The results of the measurement and assessment referred to in subsection (1) of this section of the entity’s performance in the reporting period in achieving its purposes. 4. An analysis of the factors that may have contributed to the entity’s performance in achieving its purposes in the reporting period, including any changes to: a) the entity’s purposes, activities or organisational capability; or b) the environment in which the entity operated; that may have had a significant impact on the entity’s performance in the reporting period. 43–61 17BB The Annual Report must: a) Be approved by the accountable authority b) Be signed by the accountable authority or a member of the accountable authority c) Includes details of how and when approval of the annual report was given d) State that the accountable authority is responsible for preparing and giving the annual report to the entities responsible Minister in accordance with s46 of the PGPA Act 3 17BC The annual report must comply with the guidelines for presenting documents to the Parliament Throughout 17BD Information included in the annual report must be relevant, reliable, concise, understandable and balanced, including through the following where practicable: a) using clear design b) defining acronyms and technical terms (for example, in a glossary) c) using tables, graphs, diagrams and charts d) including any additional matters as appropriate. Throughout 143