Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Personnel Matters
18. Promotion of chief executive
Feedback & supportA Group 1 public body must not promote its chief executive to a higher grade in that office without the prior concurrence of the Public Service Commission with the promotion.
Group 1 public body
“Group 1 public body” means a public body specified in the First Schedule;
Where an individual has been promoted by a public body in contravention of subsection (1), the responsible Minister for the public body may give a direction to the public body to take such steps as are necessary to rectify the contravention; and the public body must comply with that direction despite any agreement or other law.
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;
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;