Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Agency Minister of an Executive Agency may appoint a person to be the Head of the Agency for a period of up to 5 years specified in the instrument of appointment.
(2) Before making the appointment, the Agency Minister must have received a report about the vacancy from a relevant Secretary.
(3) The Agency Minister may, by notice in writing, terminate the appointment at any time.
(4) Before terminating the appointment, the Agency Minister must have received a report about the proposed termination from a relevant Secretary.
(5) In this section:
"relevant Secretary" means the Secretary of any Department that is administered by the same Minister who is the Agency Minister of the Executive Agency.