Commissioner may approve head of relevant entity in certain circumstances
19Q Commissioner may approve head of relevant entity in certain circumstances
This section applies to a relevant entity if —
the entity is not a department or an organisation, as those terms are defined in the Public Sector Management Act 1994 section 3(1), or an authority; and
there is no chief executive officer of the entity (however described) or principal officer of the entity (however described); and
the regulations do not prescribe a person to be the head of the entity.
The relevant entity must nominate a person or the holder of a position in the entity to be the head of the entity.
The nomination must be in writing and given to the Commissioner.
The Commissioner may, by written notice given to the relevant entity, approve the person or holder of the position in the entity nominated by the entity under subsection (2) to be the head of the entity.
The Commissioner may, by written notice given to the entity, revoke an approval under subsection (4).
[Section 19Q inserted: No. 25 of 2022 s. 7.]
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