1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Functional chief executive role of Chief Executive, Cyclone Recovery
4	Principal Act
5	Schedule 5 amended
	Explanatory note
	Administrative Information

Order

1 Title

This order is the Public Service (Chief Executive, Cyclone Recovery) Order 2023.

2 Commencement

This order comes into force on its notification in the Gazette.

3 Functional chief executive role of Chief Executive, Cyclone Recovery

For the purposes of section 51(4)(a) to (c) of the Public Service Act 2020,—

(a)

the designation of the functional chief executive role to which this order relates is Chief Executive, Cyclone Recovery; and

(b)

the department that will be the host department for that role is the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; and

(c)

the particular functions of the role to be carried out within the host department are—

(i)

leading and co-ordinating the Government’s recovery work programme; and

(ii)

giving strategic policy advice and legal advice; and

(iii)

carrying out engagement to support tailored local communications efforts; and

(iv)

giving advice on system risk and assurance; and

(v)

ensuring alignment with wider policy decisions on long-term resilience, climate change, and managed retreat; and

(vi)

providing secretariat support for the Cyclone Gabrielle Recovery Taskforce.

4 Principal Act

Clause 5 amends the Public Service Act 2020.

5 Schedule 5 amended

(1)

In Schedule 5, delete “No functional chief executive roles have been established as at the date of enactment.”.

(2)

In Schedule 5, insert:

Chief Executive, Cyclone Recovery

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Rachel Hayward,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on its notification in the Gazette, is made under the Public Service Act 2020 (the principal Act) and relates to the establishment of a new functional chief executive role, designated as the Chief Executive, Cyclone Recovery, to be hosted by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. The order amends the principal Act by inserting the name of the new role and that of its host department into Schedule 5 (functional chief executives and host departments) and sets out the particular functions of the role to be carried out within the host department.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 16 March 2023.

This order is administered by the Public Service Commission.

Public Service (Chief Executive, Cyclone Recovery) Order 2023