13AResponsibility of Department Heads—public entities

13A Responsibility of Department Heads—public entities (1) For the purposes of this section, a public entity is a ***relevant public entity*** in relation to a Department Head if the Minister who has responsibility for the public entity is also a Minister who has responsibility for the Department. (2) A Department Head is responsible for— (a) advising the public service body Minister or Ministers on matters relating to a relevant public entity, including the discharge by the public entity of its responsibilities, including those under this or any other Act; and (b) working with, and providing guidance to, each relevant public entity to assist the entity on matters relating to public administration and governance. (3) Unless prohibited from doing so by or under any law, a relevant public entity must provide to the Department Head any information required by the Department Head to enable the Department Head to comply with subsection (2)(a). (4) Nothing in this section authorises or permits a Department Head to direct or control a relevant public entity or public entity Head in the performance of the functions conferred on the public entity or the public entity Head under this or any other Act.