New Zealand Legislation: Acts

17B Responsibilities of chief executive in respect of management

• (1) The chief executive shall be responsible to the Commission for—

  • (a) the general conduct of the functions and activities of the Fire Service; and

  • (b) the efficient, effective, and economical management of the functions and activities of the Fire Service.

  (2) the functions, responsibilities, duties, and powers imposed on or given to the chief executive by this Act are in addition to those imposed on or given to the chief executive by or under any other Act.

  (3) the chief executive shall have the powers necessary to carry out the functions, responsibilities, and duties imposed on that chief executive by or under this Act, as well as the powers necessary to carry out the functions and responsibilities imposed on the chief executive or the Commission by or under any other Act.

  Section 17B: inserted, on 1 January 1991, by section 15 of the Fire Service Amendment Act 1990 (1990 No 136).