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Public Service Act 2020

Public service agencies and joint operational agreements - Public service agencies - Interdepartmental ventures

33: Establishment and reorganisations of interdepartmental ventures

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"How the Government Changes or Creates New Joint Projects Between Departments"

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The Governor-General can make changes to interdepartmental ventures by Order in Council. You might see changes when a venture is established or disestablished, or when its name is changed, and this is done by updating Part 4 of Schedule 2. If the departments involved in a venture change, or a department's name changes, the Governor-General updates Part 4 of Schedule 2 to reflect this.

When a new venture is established, the order must include the venture's name and list the departments responsible for its services or functions, known as the relevant departments. The order also updates Part 4 of Schedule 2 by removing certain words when a venture is established for the first time.

In this context, departments refers to government departments, agencies, the New Zealand Police, and the New Zealand Defence Force, as mentioned in section 32 and this section. An order made under this section is considered secondary legislation, and you can find out more about publication requirements in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Public service agencies: Interdepartmental ventures

33Establishment and reorganisations of interdepartmental ventures

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

  2. if an interdepartmental venture is established or disestablished or if its name is changed, insert an item into, or repeal or amend an item in, Part 4 of Schedule 2:
    1. if the relevant departments of an interdepartmental venture are changed, or the name of a relevant department is changed, remove or insert the name of a department from or into, or amend an item in, Part 4 of Schedule 2.

      1. An order relating to the establishment of a venture must—

      2. state the name of the venture; and
        1. list the departments with responsibilities that relate to the services or regulatory functions that will be delivered or carried out by the venture (the relevant departments); and
          1. when establishing a venture for the first time, delete the words immediately below the table in Part 4 of Schedule 2.

            1. In section 32 and this section, departments means departments, departmental agencies, the New Zealand Police, and the New Zealand Defence Force.

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

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            • Section 33(4): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).