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Public Service Act 2020

Public service agencies and joint operational agreements - Public service agencies - Interdepartmental executive boards

27: Responsibilities, powers, and working arrangements of interdepartmental executive boards

You could also call this:

"Rules for interdepartmental executive boards, including their jobs, powers, and how they work together"

When you look at interdepartmental executive boards, some rules apply to them like they are chief executives. You can find these rules in sections like section 52(1), which talks about general responsibilities, and section 54(1)(b) and (2), which talks about acting independently in employment matters. These boards also have to follow some clauses in Schedule 6, like clause 1, which is about general powers, and clauses 2 to 4, which is about delegating functions and powers.

You can delegate some tasks to a servicing department, and when you do, clauses 2 to 4 of Schedule 6 apply. The chief executive of the servicing department is responsible for how the board performs its functions and duties, and you can read more about this in section 52(4) and (5). This helps the board work smoothly and follow the rules.

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Public service agencies: Interdepartmental executive boards

27Responsibilities, powers, and working arrangements of interdepartmental executive boards

  1. The following sections apply to an interdepartmental executive board as if it were a chief executive (with any necessary modifications, for example, any reference to a host department must be read as a reference to a servicing department):

  2. section 52(1) (relating to general responsibilities of chief executives):
    1. section 54(1)(b) and (2) (relating to the duty to act independently in employment matters):
      1. clause 1 of Schedule 6 (relating to general powers of chief executives):
        1. clauses 2 to 4 of Schedule 6 (relating to delegation of functions and powers):
          1. clauses 5 and 6 of Schedule 6 (relating to delegation of functions and powers of appropriate Minister):
            1. clause 7 of Schedule 6 (relating to functions, responsibilities, duties, and powers under other Acts):
              1. other provisions in this Act that expressly apply.

                1. A board may delegate administrative tasks to its servicing department, and clauses 2 to 4 of Schedule 6 apply to a delegation.

                2. See section 52(4) and (5), which relates to the responsibilities of the chief executive of the servicing department of an interdepartmental executive board for the performance of functions and duties, and the exercise of powers, of the board.

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