Cap. 595 Art. 13Secretariats of boards and commissions.

(1) Unless otherwise provided for in any other law, where a board is supported by a secretariat consisting of public officers drawn from a department, the board, limitedly in relation to administrative matters and matters affecting the department as a whole, shall be subject to the authority of the head of department.

(2) The secretariat of the board shall be under the direction of an officer, hereinafter referred to in this article as "the designated officer", who shall follow the directions of the head of department within which the board secretariat operates on the matters mentioned in sub-article (1).

(3) A head of department shall not give directions to the board or the designated officer on matters in respect of which the board is required by law to function independently.

(4) In this article "board" includes any commission, council, panel, committee or other similar body, not being a body established by the Constitution, but does not include any board set up for ad hoc the purpose of inquiring into the conduct of any public employee or the operations of any department, agency, entity or such other similar body.