23Secretaries of Departments

#### 23 Secretaries of Departments 23 Secretaries of Departments > > (1) The head of a Department is the Secretary of the Department. > > > (2) The office of Secretary of a Department is established by this section. > > > (3) If a Department is abolished or its name is changed, the office of Secretary of the Department is taken to be abolished or its name correspondingly changed by the operation of this section. > > > (4) Appointments to the office of Secretary of a Department are to be made by the Minister. > > > > Note. > > > > The Minister may delegate the function of appointing Secretaries—see section 81. > > > (5) The appointment of a person to the office of Secretary of a Department is to be made by a contract of employment (under Division 4) between that person and the person who makes the appointment. The person so appointed is a Public Service employee who is employed in the Department. > > > (6) The Minister may, subject to this and any other Act or law, exercise on behalf of the Government of New South Wales the employer functions of the Government (as referred to in section 26(3)) in relation to the Secretary of a Department. > > **s 23:** Am 2016 No 2, Sch 1 \[7\].