Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Directions
10. Compliance with directions, etc.
Feedback & supportEvery Singapore public sector agency, or every Singapore public sector agency within the class of Singapore public sector agencies, to which a direction under section 4 or 5 is given must, in performing its functions, comply with the direction starting from the date specified in the direction.
Singapore public sector agency
“Singapore public sector agency” means any of the following:(a)a Group 1, Group 2 or Group 3 public body;(b)a ministry or department of the Government;(c)an Organ of State;(d)a public officer or a person exercising a public official function, who is declared by the Minister by order in the Gazette to be a Singapore public sector agency for the purposes of this Act;
The functions of a public body under written law are to be regarded as including compliance with a direction given to it under section 4 or 5.
public body
“public body” means a body corporate established by a public Act for the purposes of a public function but excludes a Town Council established under section 4 of the Town Councils Act 1988;