Australian Capital Territory
Financial Management (Performance Criteria) Amendment 2005 (No 8)
Notifiable Instrument NI2005–481
made under the
Financial Management Act 1996, s19D (Amendment of Performance Criteria)

1	Name of instrument

This instrument is the Financial Management (Performance Criteria) Amendment 2005 (No 8)

2	Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after notification.

3	Notice of Decisions

The performance criteria for the 2005-2006 financial year are amended as set out in the schedule.

4	Statement of reasons for amendments

	Section 19D of the Financial Management Act 1996 provides that the Minister may by instrument amend performance criteria.  The current performance measure in Output Class 1.3 (see attached schedule), is unable be reported and is therefore being deleted.  

Simon Corbell MLA
Minister for Health

14 December 2005

Australian Capital Territory
Financial Management (Performance Criteria) Amendment 2005 (No 8)
Notifiable instrument NI2005—481
made under the
Financial Management Act 1996, s19D Amendment of Performance Criteria

I amend the following performance criteria for the 2005-06 financial year.
Department	Output Class and Output	Description of performance criteria	Targets	
			2005-06
Budget papers	2005-06
Amended target	
					
ACT Health	Output Class 1:  Health and Community Care
Output 1.3:  Community Health Services	Proportion of new referrals to Community Health aged over 65 years with a completed falls assessment	60%	Delete measure	

	
Simon Corbell MLA
Minister for Health

14 December 2005

Section 19D - Statement of Reasons for Amendment

This statement outlines the reasons for the amendment of performance criteria under section 19D of the Financial Management Act 1996. 

The data to measure this indicator is not collected in the information system used by ACT Health.  Establishment of a manual system to collect this data would be time consuming, costly and may not be sufficiently robust to meet audit scrutiny.

ACT Health currently reports two other indicators related to this measure:
•	Proportion of aged care clients discharged with a comprehensive discharge plan; and
•	Number of people assessed in the falls clinic.