85Accountability

85 Accountability (1) The board of a public entity is accountable to the Minister responsible for the entity for the exercise of its functions. (2) The Minister responsible for a public entity is responsible to the Parliament in respect of— (a) the exercise by the public entity of its functions; (b) the exercise by the Minister of his or her powers in relation to the public entity including— (i) the power to appoint directors or remove them from office, or recommend the appointment or removal from office of directors; (ii) the power to give directions to the public entity or request information from it; (iii) the power to control or affect its operations; (iv) the power to initiate a review of the public entity's management systems, structures or processes.