Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Personnel Matters
13. Interpretation of this Part
Feedback & supportIn this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —“appoint” includes appointing a public officer under a secondment arrangement making available temporarily to a public body the service of the public officer, but excludes to promote;“disciplinary penalty”, for a chief executive, means dismissal from the office of chief executive, reduction in grade, financial penalty, stoppage of increment or withdrawal of any employment benefit because of misconduct;“public body” includes the governing body of a public body where the constitutional Act of the public body provides for such a governing body.
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;
“appoint” includes appointing a public officer under a secondment arrangement making available temporarily to a public body the service of the public officer, but excludes to promote;
“disciplinary penalty”, for a chief executive, means dismissal from the office of chief executive, reduction in grade, financial penalty, stoppage of increment or withdrawal of any employment benefit because of misconduct;
chief executive
“chief executive”, in relation to a public body, means the individual (however designated) who is appointed as the chief executive officer of the public body, and includes any individual acting in that capacity temporarily;
“public body” includes the governing body of a public body where the constitutional Act of the public body provides for such a governing body.
governing body
“governing body”, for a public body, means the public body unless the constitutional Act of the public body specifies otherwise;