Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1971

The head of a relevant entity that is a department or an organisation, as those terms are defined in the Public Sector Management Act 1994 section 3(1), is —

the chief executive officer or chief employee of the department or organisation; or

the delegate of the chief executive officer or the chief employee of the department or organisation.

The head of a relevant entity that is an authority, other than a department or an organisation referred to in subsection (1) is —

the chief executive officer of the authority; or

if there is no chief executive officer — the president, chairperson or other principal or presiding member of the authority, or if the authority is constituted by a single person, that person; or

the delegate of a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).

The head of a relevant entity that is not a department, organisation or authority referred to in subsection (1) or (2) is —

the chief executive officer of the relevant entity (however described); or

if there is no chief executive officer — the principal officer of the relevant entity (however described); or

if there is no chief executive officer or principal officer of the relevant entity — a person, or the holder of a position, in the relevant entity nominated by the entity and approved by the Commissioner under section 19Q; or

the delegate of a person referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).

The regulations may prescribe a person or class of persons to be the head of a relevant entity.

Regulations referred to in subsection (4) have effect despite subsections (1), (2) and (3).