36AAdministrative guidelines

36A Administrative guidelines (1) The Secretary to the Department of Premier and Cabinet may issue guidelines in relation to the administrative operations of a public service body or a public entity. (2) Guidelines under subsection (1) may be issued to— (a) all public service bodies and public entities; or (b) a specified public service body or public entity; or (c) a specified class of public service bodies or public entities. (3) If a public service body or a public entity to which guidelines have been issued under subsection (1) operates, or intends to operate, in a manner that is inconsistent with those guidelines, the relevant public service body Head or public entity Head must provide written reasons for doing so to the Secretary to the Department of Premier and Cabinet. (4) For the purposes of this section, the administrative operation of a public service body or public entity does not include the exercise by the public service body or public entity of a discretion in the performance of its functions. Pt 4 (Headings and ss 37–74) amended by Nos 80/2006 ss 3, 4(4)–(8), 10–13, 24(2)(3), 4/2008 s. 32(Sch. item 28), 24/2009 s. 37(6)–(8), 27/2009 s. 13, 69/2009 s. 54(Sch. Pt 2 item 39), 16/2010 s. 209(Sch. item 6), 66/2011 s. 43(3), 70/2011 s. 47(3), 82/2012 ss 178, 179, substituted as Pt 4 (Headings and ss 37–74B) by No. 6/2014 s. 10.