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Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Administrative matters - Chief executive may approve persons to have principal role in developing standards

97: Chief executive may approve person

You could also call this:

"Chief executive can get help from outside expert to make info rules"

The chief executive can choose someone who doesn't work for the public service to help make rules about how certain information should be handled. This person can have a big role in creating these rules, but they can't make the final decisions. Only the chief executive can do that.

Even though this person is not from the public service, they are treated as if they are part of a national organisation. This means that when the chief executive makes rules, they can use standards, frameworks, or guidelines that this person has created.

Remember, the chief executive is still in charge of making all the rules, even if they get help from someone else.

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Part 5Administrative matters
Chief executive may approve persons to have principal role in developing standards

97Chief executive may approve person

  1. The chief executive may approve a non-public service person under this subpart to have the principal role in the development of any standards in relation to particular designation regulations.

  2. However, the power under subsection (1) does not include a power to delegate to an approved person the power to make standards (see also section 102, which provides that the approval of a person does not limit or affect the chief executive’s functions and powers as the maker of standards).

  3. A person approved under this section must be treated as being a national organisation under section 64(1)(a) of the Legislation Act 2019 for the purpose of a standard made under this Act incorporating by reference a standard, framework, code of practice, recommended practice, or requirement of that person.