Australian Capital Territory
Financial Management (Performance Criteria) Amendment 2015 (No 1) 
Notifiable instrument NI2015-210
made under the
Financial Management Act 1996, s 19D (Amendment of performance criteria)

1	Name of instrument
	This instrument is the Financial Management (Performance Criteria) Amendment 2015 (No 1).
2	Commencement
	This instrument commences on the day after it is notified.
3	Amendment of 2014-15 performance criteria
	The performance criteria for the 2014-15 financial year is amended as set out in Schedule A.
4	Statement of reasons for amendments
The statement of reasons for the amendments is set out in Schedule B. 

Shane Rattenbury MLA	Andrew Barr MLA
Minister of Justice	Treasurer
30 April 2015	6 May 2015
Schedule A

Agency	Output Class and Output	Description of performance criteria	Targets	Action	
			2014-15
Budget papers	2014-15
Amended target		
Justice and Community Safety Directorate (JACS)
	Output Class 2: Corrective Services
Output 2.1: Corrective Services	2.1.e Average cost per day for community based offenders	$18	$33	Target amended.	

Schedule B

Section 19D of the Financial Management Act 1996 (FMA) provides that the responsible Minister and the Treasurer may amend relevant performance criteria by notifiable instrument.  Section 19D(3)(g) provides that performance criteria may be amended if “the responsible Minister and the Treasurer are satisfied that other performance criteria should be adopted for the provision of outputs by the directorate...”.
The amendment reflects a change in methodology in the counting of Community Corrections clients which aligns with the national data collection methodology for the Report on Government Services (ROGS).