Appendix I: Statutory and Formal Responsibilities
Chief Executive
The Chief Executive has the following responsibilities:
- the statutory responsibility to appoint such officers as may be required
to assist the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliamentarians (established
under the Intelligence and Security Committee Act 1996) to carry out its
duties
- co-ordination responsibilities in the response phase of an emergency under
the International Terrorism (Emergency Powers) Act 1987.
Secretary of the Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council
The statutory and formal responsibilities of the Secretary of the Cabinet
and Clerk of the Executive Council are:
- to administer the Letters Patent Constituting the Office of the Governor-General
of New Zealand 1983
- to be the Registrar of Ministers' Interests
- to preserve and maintain the official records of Cabinet, and to administer
the convention on access to documents of a previous administration
- to administer the Civil List Act 1979
- to certificate subordinate legislation approved in Executive Council in
terms of Section 32 of the Evidence Act 1908
- to certificate other instruments executed by the Governor-General in terms
of the Official Appointments and Documents Act 1919
- to administer the Oath of Allegiance and the Executive Councillors' Oath
in terms of Section 23 of the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957
- to administer the Statutes of The Queen's Service Order (1975 and 1981),
The Order of New Zealand (1987) and The New Zealand Order of Merit (1996
and 2000)
- to administer the Royal Warrants of the New Zealand Gallantry Awards and
the New Zealand Bravery Awards (1999)
- to administer the Seal of New Zealand Act 1977
- to administer the Royal Titles Act 1978.
