Chief Executive, officers and employees, etc.
Open ↗12.—(1) There must be a Chief Executive of the Board, whose appointment, removal, discipline and promotion must be in accordance with the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018.[5/2018]
(2) The Board may appoint, subject to the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, an individual to act temporarily as the Chief Executive during any period, or during all periods, when the Chief Executive —(a)
is absent from duty or Singapore; or
(b)
is, for any reason, unable to perform the duties of the office.[5/2018]
(3) The Board may, subject to the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, appoint and employ, on such terms and conditions as it may determine, such other officers, employees, consultants and agents as may be necessary for the effective performance of its functions.[13
[5/2018]
Public servants
Open ↗13. Without affecting sections 20 and 21 of the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, every subdelegate of the Board —(a)
is taken to be a public servant for the purposes of the Penal Code 1871 in relation to the subdelegate’s performance or exercise of the Board’s functions, duties or powers under this Act or any other written law; and
(b)
is, in relation to the administration, assessment, collection or enforcement of payment of —(i)
any financial penalty imposed under any written law administered by the Board; or
(ii)
any composition sum collected under this Act or any other written law administered by the Board,
taken to be a public officer for the purposes of the Financial Procedure Act 1966; and section 20 of that Act applies to each of the subdelegates even though the subdelegate is not or was not in the employment of the Government.
[14
[10/2019]
