Public Service Act 2020

Public service agencies and joint operational agreements - Joint operational agreements

39: Establishment of joint operational agreements

You could also call this:

"Agencies working together: making a plan to achieve common goals"

When two or more public service agencies want to work together, their chief executives or boards can make a joint operational agreement. You can think of this agreement like a plan that says what they want to achieve by working together. The chief executives or boards must get approval from the Commissioner before they can make this agreement.

The agreement cannot change the responsibilities that the chief executives or boards already have with the Ministers they work with. It also cannot change the responsibilities that the chief executives or boards have for things like their employees, money, assets, or debts.

The chief executives or boards are in charge of making sure their agencies follow the agreement and work well together to achieve their stated goals.

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Part 2Public service agencies and joint operational agreements
Joint operational agreements

39Establishment of joint operational agreements

  1. Two or more chief executives or boards of public service agencies may enter into a joint operational agreement for their agencies to work together to achieve stated goals.

  2. Before executing an agreement under this section, the chief executives or boards must obtain the agreement of the Commissioner.

  3. The agreement must not purport to—

  4. alter the responsibilities that exist between the chief executives or boards and the appropriate Ministers; or
    1. alter the responsibilities of those chief executives or boards for employees, funding, assets, or liabilities.