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sec.182Declaration of interests—chief executive of department
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### sec.182 Declaration of interests—chief executive of department
This section applies to a person appointed as chief executive of a department.
Appointment includes reappointment. See the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , schedule 1 , definition appoint .
The chief executive must, within 1 month after the appointment, give each designated person for the chief executive a statement about the chief executive’s interests.
The statement must include the information required under a directive made by the commissioner.
Subsection (5) applies if—
a change to the chief executive’s interests happens after the giving of the statement; and
the change is of a type prescribed under a directive made by the commissioner.
The chief executive must give each designated person for the chief executive a revised version of the statement, including the change, as soon as possible after the relevant facts about the change come to the chief executive’s knowledge.
When giving the commissioner a statement under subsection (2) or (5) , the chief executive must also give the commissioner written advice that the chief executive has given the statement to the chief executive’s Minister.
In this section—
designated person , for a chief executive, means—
the chief executive’s Minister; or
the commissioner.
(sec.182-ssec.1) This section applies to a person appointed as chief executive of a department. Appointment includes reappointment. See the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , schedule 1 , definition appoint .
(sec.182-ssec.2) The chief executive must, within 1 month after the appointment, give each designated person for the chief executive a statement about the chief executive’s interests.
(sec.182-ssec.3) The statement must include the information required under a directive made by the commissioner.
(sec.182-ssec.4) Subsection (5) applies if— a change to the chief executive’s interests happens after the giving of the statement; and the change is of a type prescribed under a directive made by the commissioner.
(sec.182-ssec.5) The chief executive must give each designated person for the chief executive a revised version of the statement, including the change, as soon as possible after the relevant facts about the change come to the chief executive’s knowledge.
(sec.182-ssec.6) When giving the commissioner a statement under subsection (2) or (5) , the chief executive must also give the commissioner written advice that the chief executive has given the statement to the chief executive’s Minister.
(sec.182-ssec.7) In this section— designated person , for a chief executive, means— the chief executive’s Minister; or the commissioner.
- (a) a change to the chief executive’s interests happens after the giving of the statement; and
- (b) the change is of a type prescribed under a directive made by the commissioner.
- (a) the chief executive’s Minister; or
- (b) the commissioner.