Public Service Act 2020

Offence, immunity, and public service reorganisations - Reorganisations within public service

105: Reorganisations within public service

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"The Governor-General can change or create public service agencies, like closing or renaming them."

The Governor-General can make decisions about changes to public service agencies. You might see an agency close, get a new name, or have its jobs moved to another agency. The Governor-General can also create a new agency. The Governor-General makes these decisions with an Order in Council, which is a type of rule. You can find more information about these changes in Schedule 9.

When the Governor-General makes one of these orders, it is called secondary legislation. You can learn more about what this means by looking at Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. This explains how these orders are published.

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Part 5Offence, immunity, and public service reorganisations
Reorganisations within public service

105Reorganisations within public service

The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, provide for savings and transitional matters connected with the disestablishment or change of name of a public service agency, the transfer of functions between agencies, and the establishment of a new agency.
Schedule 9 sets out other provisions relating to reorganisations of public service agencies.
An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

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1988 No 20 s 30K

Notes

Section 105(3): inserted, on 28 October 2021, by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).