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Crown Entities Act 2004

Establishment and governance of Crown entities - Statutory entities - Role and accountability of members

25: Board's role

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"The board makes big decisions for the organisation"

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The board is in charge of a statutory entity and can make decisions on its behalf. You can think of the board as the group of people who get to decide what the entity does. The board has the power to do things in the entity's name, like making big decisions or taking actions, and it must follow the rules set out in the Crown Entities Act 2004 and the entity's own Act.

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Part 2Establishment and governance of Crown entities
Statutory entities: Role and accountability of members

25Board's role

  1. The board is the governing body of a statutory entity, with the authority, in the entity's name, to exercise the powers and perform the functions of the entity.

  2. All decisions relating to the operation of a statutory entity must be made by, or under the authority of, the board in accordance with this Act and the entity's Act.