New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GOVERNMENT SECTOR FINANCE ACT 2018 - SECT 2.7

2.7 Accountable authorities for GSF agencies

(1) Each GSF agency is to have an accountable authority for the purposes of this Act.

(2) The
"accountable authority" for a GSF agency is--

(a) for the Audit Office--the Auditor-General, or

(b) for the Independent Commission Against Corruption--the Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, or

(c) for the Ombudsman's Office--the Ombudsman, or

(d) for the NSW Police Force--the Commissioner of Police, or

(e) for a NSW Health entity--the Secretary of the Ministry of Health, or

(f) for the Judicial Commission of New South Wales--the Chief Executive of the Commission, or

(g) for the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission--the Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, or

(h) for the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal--the Chairperson of the Tribunal, or

(h1) for the New South Wales Electoral Commission--the Electoral Commissioner, or

(i) for any other agency not covered by the preceding paragraphs that is a Public Service agency--

(i) if the agency is a Department--the Secretary of the Department, or

(ii) if the agency is not a Department--the head of the agency, or

(j) for any other agency not covered by the preceding paragraphs that is not a Public Service agency--

(i) if the agency has a governing body--the governing body, or

(ii) if the agency does not have a governing body--the head of the agency.

(3) Despite subsection (2) (i) and (j), the regulations may, for the purpose of avoiding doubt, declare that specified persons or other entities are to be treated as being the accountable authorities for specified GSF agencies (or kinds of GSF agencies) covered by those paragraphs.