Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 2008 - SECT 88O

88O Minister may ask for administrative inquiry

(1) The Minister may, by signed notice, ask the special commissioner, commission chief executive or another appropriately qualified person to conduct an inquiry (an
"administrative inquiry" ) into—

(a) the functions or activities of 1 or more public service offices, including in relation to—

(i) the administration of a particular scheme or program; or

(ii) the effectiveness and efficiency of public service office interactions; or

(b) an area of existing or proposed government policy; or

(c) another other area of public administration relating to a main purpose of this Act.

(2) However, the Minister can not ask for an administrative inquiry about an individual employee.

(3) Before making the request, the Minister must—

(a) inform the departmental Minister and the chief executive or the head of the public service office about the proposed administrative inquiry; and

(b) give the chief executive or the head of the public service office an opportunity to nominate a stated number of employees of the public service office to take part in the administrative inquiry.

(4) The notice under subsection (1) must state the terms of reference for the administrative inquiry.

(5) In this section—

"public service office" see section 35 .