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 1 July 2021, inserts the name of the Ministry for Ethnic Communities (the Ministry) into Part 2 of Schedule 2 of the Public Service Act 2020 (the principal Act), as a departmental agency hosted by the Department of Internal Affairs.
The Ministry is being established to increase the Government’s ability to work proactively with ethnic communities and provide a stronger connection between ethnic communities and government.
As a result of the order, the Ministry becomes a public service agency to which the principal Act applies.
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.
Date of notification in Gazette: 22 April 2021.
This order is administered by the Public Service Commission.