Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Public Administration Act 2004 - SECT 16

Persons with functions of public service body Head

16. Persons with functions of public service body Head



(1) Despite anything to the contrary in this Act, the following office holders
have all the functions of a public service body Head in relation to employees
in the following offices-

   (a)  the Auditor-General in relation to the Victorian Auditor-General's
        Office;

   (b)  the Chairperson within the meaning of the
        Essential Services Commission Act 2001 in relation to the office of
        the Essential Services Commission;

   (c)  the Chief Commissioner of Police in relation to the office of the
        Chief Commissioner of Police;

   (d)  the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability in relation to the
        office of the Commissioner under the Commissioner for Environmental
        Sustainability Act 2003;

   (e)  the Director, Police Integrity in relation to the Office of Police
        Integrity;

   (f)  the Electoral Commissioner in relation to the office of the Victorian
        Electoral Commission;



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   (g)  the Legal Services Commissioner in relation to the office of the Legal
        Services Commissioner;

   (h)  the Ombudsman in relation to the office of the Ombudsman;

        (i)    the Privacy Commissioner in relation to the office of the
               Privacy Commissioner;

   (j)  the Solicitor for Public Prosecutions in relation to the Office of
        Public Prosecutions;

   (k)  the Special Investigations Monitor in relation to the office of the
        Special Investigations Monitor;

   (l)  the office holder specified, in relation to the office specified, in
        an Order made under subsection (3) for the purposes of this paragraph.

(2) This Act (except section 17) applies to an office specified in subsection
(1) or in an Order under subsection (3) as if any reference in this Act to-

   (a)  a public service body or the public service were a reference to that
        office; and

   (b)  an employee were a reference to an employee in that office; and

   (c)  an executive were a reference to a person employed in that office as
        an executive; and

   (d)  a public service body Head were a reference to the office holder
        specified in relation to that office in that subsection or Order.

(3) The Governor in Council may, by Order published in the Government Gazette,
specify for the purposes of paragraph (l) of subsection (1) an office holder
and an office in relation to that office holder.