Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Directions
9. Form of directions, etc.
Feedback & supportA direction under section 4 or 5 to a Singapore public sector agency or a class of Singapore public sector agencies specified in the direction may —
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;
be in the form of a circular or an instruction or order addressed to —
the Singapore public sector agency or every Singapore public sector agency in that class, as the case may be; and
the members of a public body which is the Singapore public sector agency in sub‑paragraph (i) and its chief executive; and
be amended or replaced in the same way as it may be given.
A direction under section 4 or 5 does not have legislative effect.