Public Service Act 2020

appropriate Minister, in relation to a public service agency, functional chief executive, or system leader, means—

collective agreement means an agreement that is binding on—

Commission means the Public Service Commission

Commissioner means the Public Service Commissioner appointed under section 42

conditions of employment—

Crown agent means a statutory entity named in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Crown Entities Act 2004

Crown entity has the meaning given in section 7 of the Crown Entities Act 2004

Crown Research Institute means a Crown Research Institute established under the Crown Research Institutes Act 1992, or a Crown entity subsidiary of a Crown Research Institute (within the meaning of the Crown Entities Act 2004)

department means any of the agencies listed in Part 1 of Schedule 2 (see also the extended definition of departments in sections 26(3) and 33(3) and see also sections 6 and 7 in relation to references in other enactments)

departmental agency means any of the agencies that are listed in the first column of the table in Part 2 of Schedule 2, and that are each part of the corresponding host department stated in the second column of that table

Deputy Commissioner means a Deputy Public Service Commissioner appointed under section 47

education service has the same meaning as in section 10(7) of the Education and Training Act 2020

employee, in relation to State services,—

employee of a department or employee of the department has the meaning given in section 65

employee of an interdepartmental venture or employee of the interdepartmental venture has the meaning given in section 65

employment agreement—

fees framework means the framework determined by the Government for the classification and remuneration of statutory and other bodies in which the Crown has an interest

functional chief executive means a chief executive appointed under section 51(5) to a particular functional chief executive role (see section 51(3) and Schedule 5)

host department means the host department of a departmental agency or a functional chief executive

individual employment agreement means an employment agreement that is binding on only 1 employer and 1 employee who is not bound by a collective agreement that binds the employer

interdepartmental executive board means any of the agencies that are listed in the first column of the table in Part 3 of Schedule 2, and that are serviced by the corresponding department stated in the third column of that table

interdepartmental venture means any of the agencies listed in the first column of the table in Part 4 of Schedule 2

medical practitioner means a health practitioner who is, or is deemed to be, registered with the Medical Council of New Zealand continued by section 114(1)(a) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 as a practitioner of the profession of medicine

Minister means the Minister of the Crown who, under the authority of any warrant or with the authority of the Prime Minister, is responsible for the administration of this Act

ministerial staff means employees who are employed on events-based employment agreements or any other fixed-term employment agreement—

Office of Parliament has the meaning given in section 2(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989

public service has the meaning given in section 10

public service agency means any of the agencies listed in section 10(a)

public service chief executive or chief executive means (subject to clause 11 of Schedule 7 relating to the Commissioner and the Solicitor-General) a chief executive of a department or departmental agency or a functional chief executive (see also the extended definition of chief executives in sections 29(7) and 36(5))

public service employee,—

public service leader means the Commissioner, a Deputy Commissioner, or a public service chief executive, and public service leaders means all people holding those roles at the relevant point in time

public service leadership team means the leadership team established under section 59

public service principles means the principles set out in section 12

public service values means the values set out in section 16

remuneration includes—

State services—

tertiary education institution has the same meaning as institution in section 10(1) of the Education and Training Act 2020

union means a union registered under Part 4 of the Employment Relations Act 2000.