Part 6AManagement of officers, employees of Department etc

Part 6A—Management of officers, employees of Department etc 77Q—Preliminary This Part applies in addition to, and does not limit the operation of, the Public Sector Act 2009. 77R—Investigative powers of CE (1) The CE may, for the purposes of the review or investigation of any matter relevant to the CE's powers, functions, duties or responsibilities under this or any other Act— (a) by notice in writing— (i) require an officer or employee of the Department to appear at a specified time and place; or (ii) require an officer or employee of the Department to produce a specified document or object that is relevant to the subject matter of the review or investigation; and (b) require an officer or employee of the Department to answer truthfully questions put by the CE that are relevant to the subject matter of the review or investigation. (2) An officer or employee of the Department who fails to comply with a requirement under this section or hinders the exercise of powers under this section is guilty of misconduct for the purposes of the Public Sector Act 2009 and any other Act. (3) A person is not obliged to answer a question or to produce a document or object (other than a document or object of the Government) under this section if to do so would tend to incriminate the person of an offence. 77S—Removal and reassignment of duties of officer or employee working in correctional institution (1) If the CE does not have confidence in the suitability of a prescribed employee to continue working in a correctional institution, having regard to the prescribed employee's integrity, honesty or conduct, the CE may— (a) cause the prescribed employee to be immediately removed from the correctional institution (if necessary); and (b) assign other duties to the prescribed employee and determine the place or places at which the duties are to be performed. (2) In this section— prescribed employee means an officer or employee of the Department whose usual duties involve working in a correctional institution.