Annex: Agreed Terms of Reference for the Speaker's
Committee Review of the Electoral Commission
Having regard to the statutory requirement for the
Speaker's Committee to satisfy itself that the Estimates and Corporate
Plans of the Electoral Commission are consistent with the economical,
efficient and effective discharge by it of its functions:
To examine:
- the Commission's roles and
duties, the necessary leadership and management structure, and
the relationship of the Commission with the Speaker's Committee
and other stakeholders, particularly political parties;
- the Commission's business and financial planning
processes, including processes for resource allocation, Estimate
preparation and forward planning;
- how the Commission assesses the effectiveness
of policy outcomes; and
- how the statutory role of the Treasury in relation
to the Estimates and Corporate Plans and the reports of the Comptroller
and Auditor General contribute to the discharge of the Committee's
duty;
To make recommendations to the Committee designed
to enable it to discharge its statutory functions more effectively
in relation to the Commission's Estimate and Corporate Plans;
and
To report to the Committee by 1 July 2005.
18 January 2005
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