Acting appointments as head of agency (other than Department)
29 Acting appointments as head of agency (other than Department)
The person authorised to appoint the head of a Public Service agency (other than a Department) may appoint a Public Service employee to act as the head of the agency if the office of the head is vacant or if the head is unavailable (and no other person has been duly appointed to act as a statutory officer who is the head of that office).
A person, while acting as the head of any such Public Service agency, has all the functions of the head.
An acting appointment may be terminated, at any time, by the person who made the acting appointment.
The regulations may make provision with respect to the conditions of employment of a person acting as the head of any such Public Service agency.
This provision refers to the regulations (The regulations may make
). Made under this Act:
- Government Sector Employment (General) Rules 2014 · Regulation
- Government Sector Employment (Senior Executive Bands) Determination 2014 · Regulation
- Government Sector Employment Regulation 2014
3 more instruments made under this Act are listed on the Act’s overview.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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