Civilian Secretariat for Police Service Act, 2011 (Act No. 2 of 2011)Chapter 5 : Co-operative FrameworkPart 1 : Secretary and heads of provincial departments23. Secretary and heads of provincial departments |
| (1) | The Secretary and heads of provincial departments must meet at least on a quarterly basis to— |
| (a) | ensure alignment between the provincial secretariats and the Civilian Secretariat of their respective— |
| (i) | annual strategic and performance plans; and |
| (ii) | priorities, objectives and strategies; |
| (b) | identify any other matter of strategic importance within each province; |
| (c) | discuss performance of the police service in the province in order to identify best practices, to detect failures and to recommend preventative or corrective action when necessary; |
| (d) | ensure regular reporting on matters specific to the performance of the police service in the province; and |
| (e) | prepare for meetings of the Ministerial Executive Committee, the relevant Cabinet cluster committee or any other forum. |
| (2) | The Secretary convenes, determines the agenda for and presides at the meetings referred to in subsection (1), and his or her office is responsible for providing administrative and other support services to the meetings. |
| (3) | The Secretary may invite any person as he or she may consider necessary to attend the meetings referred to in subsection (1). |