(1) The Commissioners must give a copy of a corporate plan prepared under section 35 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 to the Minister for approval before:
(a) 30 April before the first reporting period to which the plan relates; or
(b) such later day as the Minister allows.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a corporate plan if the Minister decides the plan does not need approval.
(3) A corporate plan comes into force on:
(a) if the plan needs Ministerial approval--the later of:
(i) the day it is approved by the Minister; and
(ii) the first day of the period to which it relates; or
(b) otherwise--the first day of the period to which it relates.