Queensland Numbered Acts

GASFIELDS COMMISSION AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2017 - SECT 27

27 Replacement of s 30 (General manager)

Section 30 —
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30 Employment of chief executive officer

(1) The commission must employ a chief executive officer.

(2) The chief executive officer is employed under this Act and not the Public Service Act 2008 .

(3) The commission may at any time remove the chief executive officer from office for any reason or none.

(4) The chairperson may appoint a person, other than a commissioner, to act in the office of chief executive officer during—

(a) a vacancy, or all vacancies, in the office; or

(b) any period, or all periods, when the chief executive officer is absent from duty, or can not, for another reason, perform the functions of the office.

(5) If the office of chief executive officer is vacant for more than 4 months, the Minister may request the chairperson to have the vacancy filled.

(6) Subsection (7) applies if the person employed as the chief executive officer resigns the person’s role as a public service officer in order to accept the employment.

(7) Section 17 (2) and (3) applies to the person as if a reference in the section to appointment or service as a commissioner were a reference to employment or service as the chief executive officer.

30A Responsibilities of chief executive officer

(1) The chief executive officer is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the commission, including, for example—

(a) implementing the strategic priorities of the commission set at commission board meetings; and

(b) developing plans to address key issues being considered by the commission; and

(c) for section 31 , managing the process of employing other staff of the commission; and

(d) managing the other staff of the commission.

Note—

See section 32 (2)(c) for when an officer or employee whose services are made available to the commission under section 32 is taken to be a member of the staff of the commission.

(2) The chief executive officer is also responsible for carrying out any direction given by the chairperson to the chief executive officer in relation to helping the commission perform its functions.