31Chief executive officer and staff

31 Chief executive officer and staff

(1) There shall be a chief executive officer of the Foundation, who shall be appointed by the Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Minister for such period and subject to such terms and conditions as are determined by the Governor in Council.

(2) Before making a recommendation for the purposes of subsection (1), the Minister must seek the advice of the Foundation.

(3) The Governor in Council may remove the chief executive officer from office.

(4) The chief executive officer may resign office in writing signed by him or her and delivered to the Governor in Council.

S. 31(5) amended by Nos 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1), 108/2004 s. 117(1) (Sch. 3 item 204.2).

(5) The chief executive officer is not, in respect of the office of chief executive officer, subject to the Public Administration Act 2004.

(6) The Foundation shall appoint such other staff as are necessary for the purposes of this Part.

(7) If the chief executive officer or a member of the staff of the Foundation was, immediately before his or her appointment, an officer within the meaning of the Superannuation Act 1958, the chief executive officer or member continues, subject to that Act, to be an officer within the meaning of that Act while he or she continues to be the chief executive officer or such a member.

S. 31(8) substituted by No. 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1).

(8) If a person was, immediately before appointment as the chief executive officer or a member of the staff of the Foundation, an employee in the public service, the person upon ceasing to be the chief executive officer or member, is eligible to be employed in the public service with a classification and emolument corresponding with or higher than that which the person held or received in the public service immediately before appointment as the chief executive officer or such a member as if the period of service as the chief executive officer or such a member had been service in the public service.