26Establishment and reorganisations of interdepartmental executive boards

1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council,—

2. if an interdepartmental executive board is established or disestablished or if its name is changed, insert an item into, or repeal or amend an item in, Part 3 of Schedule 2:
3. if the servicing department, or the name of the servicing department, of a board is changed, amend an item in Part 3 of Schedule 2:
4. if the departments in a board’s remit change or the name of a department in the remit is changed, remove or insert the name of a department from or into, or amend an item in, Part 3 of Schedule 2.

5. An order relating to the establishment of a board must—

6. state the name of the board; and
7. list the departments with responsibilities in the subject matter area in which the board will work (the board’s remit); and
8. identify the department that will be the servicing department of the board; and
9. when establishing a board for the first time, delete the words immediately below the table in Part 3 of Schedule 2.

10. In section 25 and subsections (1)(c) and (2)(b), departments means departments, departmental agencies, the New Zealand Police, and the New Zealand Defence Force.

11. An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).