The Output Agreement is a composite accountability document between:

Responsible Minister:

• the Minister of Commerce, in respect of the overall ownership performance of the Commission (including the purchase of major litigation activity on behalf of all Purchase Ministers);

Purchase Ministers:

• the Minister of Commerce, in respect of outputs to be provided through Vote Commerce. In this capacity, the Minister of Commerce is also purchasing services on behalf of the Ministers of Consumer Affairs, Agriculture and Energy;
• the Minister of Communications, in respect of outputs to be provided through Vote Communications;
• the Minister of Energy, in respect of outputs to be provided through Vote Energy
  

AND

• the Commerce Commission.

The objective of the Agreement is to establish expectations of performance for the outputs to be provided by the Commission in which the respective Minister has an interest, and to establish expectations of the Commission’s ownership performance.  The Agreement enables the respective Ministers to monitor the Commission and hold it to account for its output delivery and performance.