Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this section
—
relevant State agency means any State agency other
than —
(a) the
Department; or
(b) a
department of the Public Service whose chief executive officer is a person who
is deemed to be the chief executive officer of that department by or under the
Public Sector Management Act 1994 section 4.
(2) The Minister may
assign the performance of specified functions of the Department CEO under Part
6, or the performance of any such function in a particular matter, to a
relevant State agency.
(3) The Minister may
do so —
(a) for
the purpose of enhancing the independent performance of investigative and
audit functions; or
(b) for
the purpose of dealing with a conflict of interest in a particular matter; or
(c) for
any other reason the Minister considers appropriate for the effective
administration of this Act.
(4) Before assigning
the performance of a function under this section, the Minister must obtain the
concurrence of the Minister responsible for the relevant State agency to which
the assignment is to be made.
(5) If the performance
of a function is assigned under this section, a reference in this Act or an
instrument under this Act to the Department CEO is, in connection with the
performance of the function, taken to be a reference to the relevant State
agency to whom the performance of the function is assigned.
(6) Subsection (5)
extends to a reference to the Department CEO in section 16.
(7) The Minister may
revoke an assignment under this section at any time.
(8) The Minister must
publish notice of an assignment under this section, or the revocation of any
such assignment, in the Gazette .