Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Personnel Matters
17. Disciplinary control over chief executive
Feedback & supportA disciplinary penalty must not be imposed by any Group 1 public body on its chief executive without the prior concurrence of the Public Service Commission with the decision of the public body to impose the disciplinary penalty.
disciplinary penalty
“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;
This section does not apply in relation to a chief executive of a public body who is a public officer under a secondment arrangement making available temporarily to the public body the service of the public officer.
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;