5Staff of Inspector

5 Staff of Inspector

5 Staff of Inspector

(1) Persons may be employed in the Public Service under the Government Sector Employment Act 2013 to enable the Inspector to exercise his or her functions.

(2) The Inspector may engage persons as consultants to the Inspector or to perform services for the Inspector.

(3) The Inspector may arrange for the use of the services of—

(a) any staff or facilities of a Public Service agency or a local or public authority, or

(b) any staff who are employed by or for or assigned to the person who is the Inspector, in his or her capacity as the holder of some other position (for example, as a Judge).

(4) The head of the Public Service agency in which staff of the Inspector are employed may delegate to the Inspector or a member of staff of the Inspector any of the agency head’s functions under the Government Sector Employment Act 2013 with respect to those staff (other than this power of delegation).

(5) Such provisions of this Act as are prescribed by the regulations apply to persons referred to in subsection (3) in the same way as they apply to staff of the Inspector, with any necessary adaptations and with such modifications as are prescribed.

s 5: Am 2015 No 15, Sch 3.36 [1]–[4].