Child and Family Agency Act 2013
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Functions of chief executive officer and their performance by deputy | ||
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29. (1) The chief executive officer shall be responsible to the Board for the performance of his or her functions and the implementation of the Agency’s corporate plan approved under section 42 and the business plan submitted under section 46 . | ||
(2) The chief executive officer shall— | ||
(a) carry on and manage and control generally the administration and business of the Agency, | ||
(b) perform such other functions as may be assigned to that officer by or under this Act or any other enactment or as may be delegated to him or her by the Board, | ||
(c) provide the Board with such information (including financial information) relating to the performance of his or her functions and the implementation of the Board’s policies as the Board may require, | ||
(d) assist and provide the accounting officer with such information (including financial information and records) relating to the performance of the role of accounting officer within such time and in such format as may be requested by the accounting officer from time to time, and | ||
(e) supply the Minister with such information relating to the performance of his or her functions and the implementation of the Minister’s policies and priorities as the Minister may require. | ||
(3) If the chief executive officer is absent or the position of chief executive officer is vacant, the functions of the chief executive officer under this section may be performed by such employee of the Agency, as may be appointed by the Board from time to time to act as acting chief executive officer. | ||
(4) For the purposes of subsection (2), references in this Act or another enactment that assigns functions to the chief executive officer or that regulates the manner in which a function assigned to the chief executive officer is to be performed are to be read as references to the employee appointed under this section as acting chief executive officer. |