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Papua New Guinea Planning and Monitoring Responsibility Act 2016

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Papua New Guinea Planning and Monitoring Responsibility Act 2016.

No. of 2016.

Certified on:

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

PART I. - PRELIMINARY.

  1. Interpretation -
  2. Application of Act.

PART II. - FRAMEWORKS.

  1. Development of frameworks.
  2. The National Planning Framework.
  3. The National Service Delivery Framework.
  4. The Annual Budget Framework Paper.
  5. The MTDP Monitoring and Evaluation Framework.

PART III. - DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

  1. Duty and responsibility of state bodies.

PART IV. - MISCELLANEOUS.

  1. Offences generally.
  2. Regulations.
  3. Where no provision made.

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AN ACT entitled

Papua New Guinea Planning and Monitoring Responsibility Act 2016,

Being an Act to -

(a) establish the national planning framework; and
(b) establish the national service delivery framework; and
(c) establish the annual budget framework paper; and
(d) establish the MTDP monitoring and evaluation framework; and
(e) link the annual budget to the MTDPs; and
(f) impose obligations, duties and responsibilities on heads of State bodies to ensure and observe compliance with the national planning framework, national service delivery framework, annual budget framework paper and the MTDP monitoring and evaluation framework at all times; and
(g) empower and authorise the department responsible for planning and monitoring matters to establish and ensure consistency and full implementation of the national planning framework, national service delivery framework, annual budget framework paper and the MTDP monitoring and evaluation framework,

and for related purposes.

MADE by the National Parliament to come into operation in accordance with a notice published in the National Gazette by the Head of State, acting with, and in accordance with, the advice of the Minister.

PART I. - PRELIMINARY.

  1. INTERPRETATION.
(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears -
(2) For purposes of clarity, "State" may be used inter-changeably with "the National Government".
  1. APPLICATION OF ACT.
(1) This Act binds the State.
(2) Notwithstanding the definition of State bodies, this Act only applies to state owned enterprises in so far as they relate to the implementation of priority impact projects that are -
(3) For the purposes of this section, state owned enterprise includes an entity that is self-funded, has its own board and is established and provided for under its own enabling legislation, including but not limited to the Companies Act 1997.

PART II. - FRAMEWORKS.

  1. DEVELOPMENT OF FRAMEWORKS.
(1) The Department shall be responsible for the development, review, amendment and oversight of the national planning framework, national service delivery framework, annual budget framework paper and the MTDP monitoring and evaluation framework.
(2) The Department shall ensure that it consults all relevant State bodies when developing, reviewing and amending the national planning framework, national service delivery framework, annual budget framework paper and the MTDP monitoring and evaluation framework.
(3) The development of, review and amendments to the national planning framework, national service delivery framework, annual budget framework paper and the MTDP monitoring and evaluation framework shall be approved by the National Executive Council before they take effect.
  1. THE NATIONAL PLANNING FRAMEWORK.
(1) The national planning framework consists of -
(2) The elements of the national planning framework shall operate in a cascading manner from Subsections 1(a) to (g) in that order.
(3) The MTDPs shall coincide with the term of each Parliament.
  1. THE NATIONAL SERVICE DELIVERY FRAMEWORK.
(1) The national service delivery framework -
(2) The five-year rolling development plans, prepared by the respective provincial and local-level governments under Section16 of the Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments and Section 38 of the Local-level Government Administration Act 1997 respectively, shall take into account the national service delivery framework.
  1. THE ANNUAL BUDGET FRAMEWORK PAPER.
The annual budget framework paper shall -
  1. THE MTDP MONITORING AND EVALUATION FRAMEWORK.
(1) The MTDP monitoring and evaluation framework shall -
(2) For the purposes of Subsection (1), information shall be sourced from the relevant State bodies, in particular, the National Statistical Office and the Civil Identity and Registry Office.

PART III. - DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

  1. DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY OF STATE BODIES.
(1) For the purposes of this Act, a State body shall -
(2) For the purposes of this Act, the Department shall -
(3) In complying with Subsection (1), a State body shall submit -
(4) The Department shall consolidate and submit all reports received under Subsection (1)(a) and (b) to the National Executive Council.

PART IV. - MISCELLANEOUS.

  1. OFFENCES GENERALLY.
(1) It is the responsibility of the head of a State body to ensure the effective implementation of the provisions of this Act.
(2) The head of a State body that fails to ensure the effective implementation of the provisions of this Act is guilty of a disciplinary offence and appropriate action shall be taken against the respective head of that State body under his contract of employment under the Public Service (Management) Act 2014 or any appropriate applicable law.
  1. REGULATIONS.
The Head of State, acting on advice, may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters that by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed, or that are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
  1. WHERE NO PROVISION MADE.
Where there is no provision or insufficient provision made in this Act for the doing of an act or the exercising of a power to make a decision -

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I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Papua New Guinea Planning and Monitoring Responsibility Act 2016 which has been made by the National Parliament.

Acting Clerk of the National Parliament.

I hereby certify that the Papua New Guinea Planning and Monitoring Responsibility Act 2016 was made by the National Parliament on 30 March 2016.

Speaker of the National Parliament.


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