New Zealand Legislation: Acts

33 Duty to act independently

• Notwithstanding anything in section 32, in matters relating to decisions on individual employees (whether matters relating to the appointment, promotion, demotion, transfer, disciplining, or the cessation of the employment of any employee, or other matters), the chief executive of a department shall not be responsible to the appropriate Minister but shall act independently.

  Section 33: amended, on 20 September 2007, by section 4 of the State Sector Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 82).