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❓ Hon. Norman Moore questions the rationale behind excluding Ministers from certain public sector management decisions, specifically regarding redeployment and redundancy, as outlined in the Public Sector Management Act 1994. The Minister's response clarifies the provision aims to prevent Ministerial interference in these HR matters, ensuring impartiality.

AnsweredQoN 1860Legislative Council

Asked

30 March 2004

Member

Hon Norman Moore

Portfolio

Public Sector Management

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I refer the Minister to S93 (4) of the
Public Sector Management Act 1994
which states in part ‘(not being a person who is another Minister of the Crown….’, and ask -
Why is this provision included in the Act?

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Answered

5 May 2004

Responded by

Leader of the House representing the Minister for Public Sector Management

Response time

36 days

The Public Sector Management Act 1994 provides a number of general and human resource principles that are to be observed for the administration and management of the Public Sector. Section 8(2) of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 provides that an employing authority of a department or organisation is not subject to any direction by the Minister of the Crown responsible for the department or organisation in matters relating to, among other things, redeployment and redundancy. It is therefore necessary to have a provision in section 93 of the Act that clarifies the prohibition of Ministerial involvement in matters relating to redeployment and redundancy.

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