Biosecurity Act 1993

Administrative provisions - Appointments and delegations

102: Deputy chief technical officers

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The Director-General and other chief executives can appoint deputy chief technical officers. You need to have the right experience and qualifications for the job. The deputy chief technical officer must be employed under the Public Service Act 2020.

A deputy chief technical officer can do all the tasks of a chief technical officer, as long as the chief technical officer agrees. This includes appointing inspectors, authorised persons, and accredited persons.

The chief executive cannot give someone else the power to appoint deputy chief technical officers.

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Part 6Administrative provisions
Appointments and delegations

102Deputy chief technical officers

The Director-General and the chief executive of any other department may appoint, in respect of any chief technical officer appointed by the Director-General or that chief executive, 1 or more deputy chief technical officers who must in each case be a person with appropriate experience, technical competence, and qualifications relevant to the area of responsibilities allocated by the chief executive to that person.
A person appointed as a deputy chief technical officer must be employed under the Public Service Act 2020.
Subject to the direction of the chief technical officer concerned, a deputy chief technical officer shall have and may exercise all of the powers, duties, and functions of a chief technical officer under this Act, including the power to appoint inspectors, authorised persons, and accredited persons.
The chief executive (including the Director-General) may not delegate to any person the power to appoint deputy chief technical officers.

Notes

Section 102(1): replaced, on 26 November 1997, by section 67 of the Biosecurity Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 89).
Section 102(1A): inserted, on 8 July 2003, by section 12 of the Biosecurity Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 38).
Section 102(1A): amended, on 7 August 2020, by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).
Section 102(2): amended, on 27 March 2008, by section 4 of the Biosecurity Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 6).
Section 102(3): inserted, on 15 December 2005, by section 4 of the Biosecurity Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 91).