Public Service Act 1999
41CSystems reviews
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41C Systems reviews
(1) The Prime Minister may direct the Commissioner to conduct a review (a systems review) of any matter relating to an Agency, including: (a) the management and organisational systems, structures or processes in an Agency; and (b) the functional relationships between 2 or more Agencies. (2) An Agency Minister may request the Prime Minister to make a direction under subsection (1) that relates to an Agency. (3) The Secretary of a Department may request the Prime Minister to make a direction under subsection (1) that relates to the Department or any other Agency in the same portfolio as the Department. (4) The Commissioner must give a report on the review to: (a) the Prime Minister; and (b) if the review was conducted because of a request by an Agency Minister or a Secretary—the Agency Minister or the Secretary. (5) If a direction under subsection (1) is given in writing, the direction is not a legislative instrument.