11Establishment of Government departments and State authorities as Agencies

11 Establishment of Government departments and State authorities as Agencies

(1)  The Governor may, on the recommendation of the Minister, by order –

(a) establish, abolish or change the name of a Government department or State authority; or

(b) restructure Government departments and State authorities.

(2)  For the purpose of subsection (1)(b) ,

restructure includes –

(a) amalgamating a Government department or State authority with another Government department or State authority; and

(b) amalgamating a part or parts of a Government department or State authority with another Government department or State authority; and

(c) amalgamating a part or parts of a Government department or State authority with a part or parts of another Government department or State authority –

but does not include restructuring which is wholly internal to a Government department or a State authority.

(3)  In subsections (1) and (2) , a reference to a State authority shall be read as a reference to that State authority in its capacity as an Agency for the purposes of this Act.