Compliance obligations What is the purpose of compliance obligations? The purposes of public sector compliance obligations are manifold: to ensure transparency and accountability to provide information for planning and management purposes to ensure public policy outcomes are met to emphasise a strong commitment to an issue by highlighting its importance. What form do they take? They can take a number of forms, including: Acts of Parliament and subsidiary legislation Premier’s Circulars Public Sector Wages Policy Commissioner’s Instructions Public Sector Commissioner’s Circulars Treasurer’s Instructions other sector wide policies sector wide guidelines are described in the ‘Glossary’. Some compliance obligations are mandatory while others are recommended (although it is generally expected that these will also be complied with). Many compliance obligations include a reporting component to a responsible agency or to Parliament. The nature of this reporting obligation varies: from annual reporting of
Compliance obligations What is the purpose of compliance obligations? The purposes of public sector compliance obligations are manifold: to ensure transparency and accountability to provide information for planning and management purposes to ensure public policy outcomes are met to emphasise a strong commitment to an issue by highlighting its importance. What form do they take? They can take a number of forms, including: Acts of Parliament and subsidiary legislation Premier’s Circulars Public Sector Wages Policy Commissioner’s Instructions Public Sector Commissioner’s Circulars Treasurer’s Instructions other sector wide policies sector wide guidelines are described in the ‘Glossary’. Some compliance obligations are mandatory while others are recommended (although it is generally expected that these will also be complied with). Many compliance obligations include a reporting component to a responsible agency or to Parliament. The nature of this reporting obligation varies: from annual reporting of
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