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Crown Entities Act 2004

Operation of Crown entities - Provisions applying generally to Crown entities - Directions to statutory entities and Crown entity companies

106: Directions to members and office holders of entities

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"Government can give you instructions if you work for a Crown Entity"

If you are a member or office holder of an entity, a responsible Minister can tell you to follow a government policy. The Minister can do this if another law says you have to do something. The Minister can give you a direction, just like they would give a direction to the whole entity. You have to follow the direction in the same way the entity would if it got the direction. The rules in section 114 and section 115 also apply to the direction given to you.

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Part 3Operation of Crown entities
Provisions applying generally to Crown entities: Directions to statutory entities and Crown entity companies

106Directions to members and office holders of entities

  1. A responsible Minister may, if an Act provides for any member or office holder of an entity to do something, direct that person to have regard to, or to give effect to, a government policy, as the case may be, in the same way that the Minister could give a direction to the entity if the Act required the entity to do the act itself.

  2. Sections 114 and 115 apply to the direction.