Western Australian Current Acts

PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER ACT 1971 - SECT 19Q

19Q .         Commissioner may approve head of relevant entity in certain circumstances

        (1)         This section applies to a relevant entity if —

            (a)         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

            (b)         there is no chief executive officer of the entity (however described) or principal officer of the entity (however described); and

            (c)         the regulations do not prescribe a person to be the head of the entity.

        (2)         The relevant entity must nominate a person or the holder of a position in the entity to be the head of the entity.

        (3)         The nomination must be in writing and given to the Commissioner.

        (4)         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.

        (5)         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.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 25 of 2022 s. 7.]