Public Service (Health New Zealand and Māori Health Authority) Order 2021

2021/186

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Public Service (Health New Zealand and Māori Health Authority) Order 2021

Patsy Reddy, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 12th day of July 2021

Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council

This order is made under section 23 of the Public Service Act 2020 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.

Order

1 Title

This order is the Public Service (Health New Zealand and Māori Health Authority) Order 2021.

2 Commencement

This order comes into force on 1 September 2021.

3 Principal Act

Clause 4 amends the Public Service Act 2020.

4 Schedule 2 amended

In Schedule 2, Part 2, insert in their appropriate alphabetical order:

Departmental agencyHost departmentChief executive may operate outside strategic and policy framework of host department (see section 24(2)(a))Chief executive may manage assets and liabilities (see section 24(2)(b))
Health New Zealand      Ministry of Health✓
Māori Health Authority       Ministry of Health✓

Michael Webster,
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 1 September 2021, inserts the names of Health New Zealand and the Māori Health Authority into Part 2 of Schedule 2 of the Public Service Act 2020, as departmental agencies hosted by the Ministry of Health.

Health New Zealand and the Māori Health Authority are being established to undertake detailed planning, organisational design work, and consultation in relation to the implementation of health and disability system reforms.

The effect of the tick in the fourth column of Part 2 of Schedule 2 of the principal Act as amended by this order is that the chief executives of Health New Zealand and the Māori Health Authority may manage assets and liabilities.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 15 July 2021.

This order is administered by the Public Service Commission.