Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Act 2023
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16. (1) The Minister shall appoint a person recruited in accordance with the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 and the Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 to 2005 to be the chief executive of the Agency (in this Act referred to as the “chief executive”). | ||
(2) The chief executive shall be a civil servant of the Government. | ||
(3) The Minister shall, other than in the case of the person appointed to be the first chief executive, consult with the Board prior to appointing a person to be the chief executive. | ||
(4) A person appointed as the chief executive shall hold office on such terms and conditions (including those relating to term of office, remuneration, allowances and superannuation) as may be determined by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. | ||
(5) The chief executive shall not hold any other office or position without the consent of the Minister. | ||
(6) Where, before the establishment day, a competition has been held under section 47 of the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 for the purpose of appointing a chief executive of the Agency, the Minister may designate the successful candidate as the person to be appointed to be the first chief executive of the Agency. | ||
(7) Where, immediately before the establishment day, a person stands designated under subsection (6), the person shall, on that day, stand appointed as the first chief executive. | ||
(8) Where the term of office of the chief executive expires by the effluxion of time, the Minister, having consulted with the Board, may extend the term for a period to be determined by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. | ||
(9) The chief executive may resign from office by giving notice in writing of his or her resignation to the Minister and copied to the Board, and the resignation shall take effect on the date the Minister receives the notice or, if a date is specified in the notice and the Minister agrees to that date, on that date. |