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Public Service Act 2020

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

36: Members of board and designation of chairperson

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"Who's in charge of a board and how they pick a leader"

When you look at an interdepartmental venture, the members of its board are the chief executives of all the departments involved. You can think of chief executives as the bosses of their departments, and this includes the Commissioner of Police and the Chief of Defence Force. The Commissioner has to choose one of these members to be the chairperson of the board.

The Commissioner has the power to remove the chairperson and choose a new one if needed. Before making any decisions about the chairperson, the Commissioner must ask the Minister and the appropriate Minister for their thoughts on what matters to consider. The Commissioner can also ask for advice from other people they think are relevant.

If you want to learn more about how this works, you can compare it to the Public Service Act 1988, which had a similar section.

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Part 2Public service agencies and joint operational agreements
Public service agencies: Interdepartmental ventures

36Members of board and designation of chairperson

  1. The members of the board of an interdepartmental venture are the chief executives of all the relevant departments.

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

  3. The power to designate a chairperson under this section includes the power to remove them and the power to designate a replacement.

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

  5. 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. 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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