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Public Service Act 2020

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

29: Selection of board members and designation of chairperson

You could also call this:

"How the boss of the public service chooses the leaders of a special group and who gets to be in charge."

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The Commissioner chooses the members of an interdepartmental executive board from the chief executives of the departments involved. You know that chief executives are the bosses of departments, and they can also include the Commissioner of Police and the Chief of Defence Force. The Commissioner does not have to choose all of the chief executives to be on the board.

The Commissioner picks one of the members to be the chairperson of the board. The Commissioner can also choose independent advisers who are not chief executives to join the board. The Commissioner has the power to remove members and choose new ones.

Before making any decisions, the Commissioner must ask the Minister and the appropriate Minister for their thoughts. The Commissioner can also ask for advice from other people they think are relevant. If the Commissioner chooses independent advisers, their pay is set by the Commissioner, as stated in Clause 12 of Schedule 3.

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Part 2Public service agencies and joint operational agreements
Public service agencies: Interdepartmental executive boards

29Selection of board members and designation of chairperson

  1. The Commissioner must select the members of an interdepartmental executive board from the chief executives of the departments that are included in the board’s remit. The board need not include all of those chief executives.

  2. The Commissioner must designate 1 of the members as the chairperson of the board.

  3. The Commissioner may also appoint 1 or more independent advisers (who are not chief executives of departments) to the board.

  4. The power to select, designate, or appoint persons under this section includes the power to remove them and the power to select, designate, or appoint a replacement.

  5. Before taking any action under this section, the Commissioner—

  6. must invite the Minister and the appropriate Minister to identify any matters that the Commissioner must take into account when doing so:
    1. may seek advice from other sources that the Commissioner thinks are relevant.

      1. Clause 12 of Schedule 3 relates to the remuneration of independent advisers, which is to be set by the Commissioner.

      2. In this section, chief executives means the chief executives of departments and departmental agencies, the Commissioner of Police, and the Chief of Defence Force.

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