Cap. 497 чл. 19Senior Executive Service.

(1) There shall be a Senior Executive Service which shall be headed by the Principal Permanent Secretary and shall consist of:

(a) Permanent Secretaries;

(b) heads of the departments listed in the Second Schedule;

(c) senior public officers within each ministry who have been charged with primary responsibility for any of the following or similar functions:

(i) the management of corporate services;

(ii) policy development;

(iii) the application of indicators of efficiency;

(iv) the co-ordination of European Union affairs; and

(v) information management; and

(d) the holders of such other senior public offices as the Prime Minister may designate for this purpose.

(2) Officers in a ministry or department who are members of the Senior Executive Service shall constitute the senior management team of that ministry or department, and in relation thereto they shall, without prejudice to the authority of the head of the use of resources;

(b) achieving satisfactory levels of efficiency and quality in the delivery of any public services; and

(c) achieving Government objectives, in coordination as necessary with other units, departments, agencies and government entities.

(3) A member of the Senior Executive Service shall be individually responsible in relation to his area of responsibility for the matters listed in subarticle (2); and he shall be liable to proceedings under the Disciplinary Regulations if he fails to prevent or correct misconduct or negligence on the part of his subordinates where he could reasonably have taken steps to do so.

(4) Offices within the Senior Executive Service may be established, abolished or retitled only by the Prime Minister, who may prescribe the terms on which appointments to such offices shall be made: Provided that this subarticle shall not be read as conferring power to change the terms of an officer’s appointment during the course of that appointment:

Provided further that an office may be abolished only if any of the conditions listed under article 23(4) applies.

(5) The Prime Minister may delegate his powers under subarticles (1)(d) and (4) to the Principal Permanent Secretary or to other senior public officers in such respects, and under such conditions, as he may prescribe.