Public Service Management Act, 1997
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Assignment of responsibility in respect of functions. |
9.—(1) The assignment of the responsibility for the performance of functions to officers or to a grade or grades of officer of a Department or a Scheduled Office shall include a requirement, where deemed appropriate to the assignment, that the officer to whom the assignment is made shall— | |
(a) provide policy advice in relation to the subject-matter of the assignment and related matters, | ||
(b) achieve the outputs specified in the assignment, | ||
(c) assume responsibility for the statutory schemes or programmes specified in the assignment, | ||
(d) assume responsibility for the delivery of quality services in respect of the area of the assignment, | ||
(e) ensure that the expenditure made in respect of the area of the assignment accords with the purpose for which the expenditure was chargeable to the appropriation account of the Department or Scheduled Office and that value for money is obtained, and | ||
(f) perform, on behalf of the Secretary General of the Department or Head of the Scheduled Office, functions in respect of appointments, performance and discipline of personnel in the area of the assignment, other than dismissals, that are the responsibility of the aforesaid Secretary General or Head pursuant to section 4 (1)(h). | ||
(2) An officer of a Department or Scheduled Office to whom the responsibility for the performance of functions has been assigned shall be accountable for the performance of those functions to the Secretary General of the Department or Head of the Scheduled Office, as the case may be, and to such other officers (if any) as may be specified under the assignment. |