Part 1 — The Public Service Generally Public Service Commission
8 Organization and Management of Departments Powers and duties of deputy head
deputy head
(a) shall oversee and control th e attendance, conduct and work
performance of the employees in the deputy head's
department,
(b) may, subject to any other Act relating to the organization of
a department, divide the department into branches and
divisions and assign duties to positions as required for the
effective performance of the department's functions, and
(c) may appoint an acting officer to have, during the absence of
the incumbent, the power and authority of the office for
which the acting officer is appointed to act, unless such an
appointment is otherwise provided for by any other Act.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, a deputy head has the powers and
may perform the duties of the deputy head's department head.
RSA 2000
(3) A department head may appoint an employee of that
department as the acting deputy head of that department, and an
acting deputy head so appointed has, during the absence of the
deputy head or a vacancy in the office of the deputy head, the
powers and duties of the deputy head.
RSA 1980 cP-31 s7