MHHS · Government Organization Act
16 Transfer of Responsibilities Responsibility for Acts
(a) designate a Minister by the Minister's personal name or
name of office as the Minister responsible for an Act;
(b) transfer the responsibility for an Act to another Minister in
the Minister's personal name or name of office;
(c) transfer a power, duty or function of a Minister contained in
an Act or regulation to another Minister in the Minister's
personal name or name of office.
(2) If a Minister is transferred the responsibility for an Act under
subsection (1)(b), then notwithstanding anything in that Act
(a) a reference in that Act or a regulation under it to a Minister
is to be read as a reference to the Minister to whom the
responsibility is transferred,
(b) a reference in that Act or a regulation under it to the deputy
of a Minister is to be read as a reference to the deputy of the
Minister to whom the responsibility is transferred, and
(c) a reference in that Act or a regulation under it to the
department of a Minister is to be read as a reference to the
department of the Minister to whom the responsibility is
transferred.
(3) If, under subsection (1)(c), a Minister is transferred the
responsibility for the exercise or discharge of a power, duty or
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function contained in a provision of an Act or regulation, then
notwithstanding anything in that provision
(a) a reference in that provision to a Minister is to be read as a
reference to the Minister to whom the responsibility is
transferred,
(b) a reference in that provision to the deputy of a Minister is to
be read as a reference to the deputy of the Minister to whom
the responsibility is transferred, and
(c) a reference in that provision to the department of a Minister
is to be read as a reference to the department of the Minister
to whom the responsibility is transferred.
(4) Two or more Ministers may be given common responsibility
for the same Act, and in that case any reference in the Act or a
regulation under that Act to a Minister, the Minister's deputy or the
Minister's department is to be read as a reference to any of those
Ministers and their deputies and departments.
(5) Two or more Ministers may be given common responsibility
for the exercise or discharge of the same provision of an Act or
regulation, and in that case any reference in the provision to a
Minister, the Minister's deputy or the Minister's department is to
be read as a reference to any of those Ministers and their deputies
and departments.
(6) If an Act identifies a Minister as the member of the Executive
Council charged with the administration of the Act, that reference
is to be read as a reference to the Minister designated under
subsection (1) as the Minister responsible for that Act.
1994 cG-8.5 s16
In this Part, "identification card" means an identification card
issued under section 17(2).