32Duties

#### 32 Duties (1) The Chief Executive Officer is responsible for the day‑to‑day management and decision making of the APVMA and, in doing this, may exercise any of the powers and perform any of the functions of the APVMA. (3) All acts and things done in the name of, or on behalf of, the APVMA by the Chief Executive Officer are taken to have been done by the APVMA. (4) The Chief Executive Officer is to act in accordance with the objectives, strategies and policies determined by the Board under paragraph 15(1)(b). (5) The Board may give written directions to the Chief Executive Officer about the performance of the Chief Executive Officer’s duties. (6) The Chief Executive Officer must comply with a direction under subsection (5). (7) Subsection (6) does not apply to the extent that the direction relates to the Chief Executive Officer’s performance of functions or exercise of powers under the Public Service Act 1999 in relation to the APVMA. (8) The Board must not give a direction to the Chief Executive Officer unless: (a) the Board has given the Chief Executive Officer a written notice stating that the Board is considering giving the direction; and (b) the Board has given the Chief Executive Officer an adequate opportunity to discuss with the Board the need for the proposed direction. (9) A direction under subsection (5) is not a legislative instrument.