Western Australian Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 89

89 .         Dismissal of chief executive officer on disciplinary grounds

        (1)         If — 

            (a)         a respondent who is a chief executive officer — 

                  (i)         admits a charge under section 86(2); or

                  (ii)         is the subject of a recommendation made under section 87(3)(a);

                and

            (b)         the relevant charge is a charge of committing a breach of discipline consisting of disobedience to, or disregard of, a lawful order referred to in section 94(4),

                the Minister shall, in his or her capacity as the employing authority of the respondent, recommend to the Governor that the respondent be dismissed and the Governor shall dismiss the respondent.

        (2)         If — 

            (a)         a respondent who is a chief executive officer — 

                  (i)         admits a charge under section 86(2); or

                  (ii)         is the subject of a recommendation made under section 87(3)(a);

                and

            (b)         the relevant charge is a charge other than a charge referred to in subsection (1)(b); and

            (c)         the Minister, in his or her capacity as the employing authority of the respondent, considers that the respondent ought to be dismissed,

                the Minister shall recommend to the Governor that the respondent be dismissed and the Governor may dismiss the respondent.