TC17-03 NSW Gateway Policy
This circular advises the sector of the Government’s endorsement of a new Gateway Policy and associated Gateway Coordination frameworks applicable to investments in infrastructure, ICT or recurrent projects or programs.
Issued: 17 February 2017 by Treasury
This AR is archived and has been replaced by the following document(s)
Key information
- Status
- Archived
- Type
- NSW Treasury Circular
- Identifier
- TC17-03
- Compliance
- Mandatory
Who needs to know and/or comply with this?
- Departments
- Executive agencies related to Departments
- Separate agencies
- State Owned Corporations
- Statutory Authorities/Bodies
About
This circular advises the sector of the Government’s endorsement of a new Gateway Policy and associated Gateway Coordination frameworks applicable to investments in infrastructure, ICT or recurrent projects or programs.
The Government approved a revised Gateway Policy in December 2016 The new policy applies with immediate effect to all General Government agencies and Government businesses. The policy applies to State Owned Corporations to the extent made applicable under the Commercial Policy Framework.
The new Gateway Policy (TPP17-01):
- adopts a risk based approach to determine when, and at what decision points, Gateway reviews should be undertaken
- mandates the Gateway process to all significant Government investment/spending decisions (i.e. capital and recurrent spend)
- sets minimum requirements for risk based review frameworks
- specifies Gateway Coordination Agencies (GCAs) who are responsible for the design and administration of these frameworks, coordinating reviews and reporting on performance
- nominates Infrastructure NSW (INSW) as the GCA for capital investments, the Department of Finance Services and Innovation (DFSI) for ICT investments and Treasury for major recurrent investments
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clarifies roles and responsibilities of policy owner, GCAs and delivery agencies.
Related Administrative Requirements: TPP17-01 NSW Gateway Policy; TPP17-02 Recurrent Investor Assurance Framework, (Treasury); Infrastructure Investor Assurance Framework (INSW); ICT Assurance Framework (DFSI).