Performance measures 2017/18
These are the measures that we will use in the financial year 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018 to assess our performance. The information is provided to supplement that in the PCO's Estimates 2017/18 (Vote Parliamentary Counsel).
Performance measures | Budgeted standard |
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Drafting and Access to Legislation multi-category appropriation | |
This appropriation is intended to achieve the provision of high quality legislation that is readily available to all New Zealanders. Performance for this Appropriation will be assessed through the following performance measures: |
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The Attorney-General is satisfied that the quality and timeliness standards have been achieved. The quality standards are that:
The timeliness standard is that:
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The Attorney-General is satisfied |
The proportion of select committees we survey that rate the quality and timeliness standards as four or better on a scale of one to five, with one being very dissatisfied and five being very satisfied. The quality standard is that:
The timeliness standard is that:
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90% |
Category: Access to Legislation | |
This category is intended to achieve that New Zealand legislation is readily accessible to the public in a timely manner and in an accurate and authoritative form. Performance in the Access to Legislation category will be assessed as follows: |
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Free public access to the New Zealand Legislation (NZL) website is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week | 99% |
Drafting tool availability for Office of the Clerk and Inland Revenue Department staff. A 100% budget standard is not appropriate as system outages are required for planned upgrades | 92% |
Public enquiries are responded to within one working day | 90% |
Public enquiries are responded to within five working days | 100% |
Amendments are incorporated within 15 working days of the date of effect of the amendment | 99% |
Amendments are incorporated within 30 working days of the date of effect of the amendment | 100% |
Legislation is published in printed and electronic forms within the following timeframes:
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100% |
Category: Law Drafting Services |
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This category is intended to achieve the provision of high quality legislative drafting services and advice in a professional, impartial, and responsive manner in delivering the Government's legislation programme. Performance in the Law Drafting Services category will be assessed as follows: |
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All Bills on the annual legislative programme in categories 1 and 2 (both of which are Bills that must be passed in the current calendar year) are drafted. The measure of quantity is demand driven and will vary from year to year | 100% |
The proportion of instructing departments and agencies we survey that rate the quality and timeliness standards as four or better on a scale of one to five, with one being very dissatisfied and five being very satisfied. The quality standards are that:
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90% |
Pacific Island instructors are satisfied that the quality and timeliness standards have been achieved as determined by survey responses from relevant Pacific Island instructors. The quality standard is that:
The timeliness standard is that:
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Pacific Island instructors are satisfied |
Proportion of Bills drafted by the PCO and introduced that are peer reviewed. The quality standard for peer reviewing is that:
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97% |
Proportion of Legislative Instruments drafted by the PCO and submitted to Cabinet that are peer reviewed. The quality standard for peer reviewing is that:
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97% |
There are some instances when peer review of Legislative Instruments is not required. These include:
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Proportion of Bills drafted by the PCO and introduced that are proofread. | 97% |
Proportion of Legislative Instruments drafted by the PCO and submitted to Cabinet that are proofread. | 97% |
The quality standards for proofreading legislation are that:
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In regards to the three-yearly revision programme, the Attorney-General is satisfied that the following quality and timeliness standards have been achieved. The quality standard is that:
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The Attorney-General is satisfied |
In regards to the three-yearly revision programme, relevant instructing departments and agencies are satisfied that the following quality and timeliness standards have been achieved. The quality standards for the three-yearly revision programme are that:
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Instructing departments and agencies are satisfied |