Australian Capital Territory
Financial Management (Performance Criteria) Amendment 2016 (No 5)* 
Notifiable instrument NI2016-262
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 2016 (No 5).
2	Commencement
	This instrument commences on the day after it is notified.
3	Amendment of 2015-16 performance criteria
	The performance criteria for the 2015-16 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.

Simon Corbell MLA                                                                              Andrew Barr MLA
Attorney General                                            			      Treasurer
27 May 2016								       27 May 2016
Schedule A

Agency	Output Class and Output	Description of performance criteria	Targets	Action	
			2015-16
Budget papers	01/07/15 to 31/03/16
Amended Target	01/04/2016 to 30/06/2016
Amended target		
Justice and Community Safety Directorate (JACS)
	Output Class 1: Justice Services
Output 1.5: Protection of Rights	Public Advocate
1.5.c The Public Advocate of the ACT’s actions towards achieving a caring community where the rights and interests of vulnerable people are protected:
Public Guardianship
Guardianship clients:
-	Total number of individuals for whom Public Advocate provided guardianship	210	193	0	Target amended.	

Schedule B

Section 19D of the Financial Management Act 1996 provides that the performance criteria may be amended by the Minister and the Treasurer by notifiable instrument.  Section 19D(3)(c) provides that the performance criteria may be amended if the funds are transferred to or from the territory entity under section 16 (Transfer of functions to another entity).
These changes have been brought about as a result of the Protection of Rights (Services) Legislation Amendment Act 2015 which commenced on 1 April 2016, which consolidated the functions of the Public Trustee and Guardianship office.  The amended target reflects the period of operation of the previous protection of rights structure during 2015-16.