Public Service Act, 1994 (Act No. 103 of 1994)RegulationsPublic Service Regulations, 2016Chapter 3 : Planning, Organisational Arrangements and Service DeliveryPart 2 : Organisational and functional arrangements34. Inter-departmental assessment committee |
| (1) | An inter-departmental assessment committee shall be established by the Minister to assess the institutional options and the business cases of government components and service delivery units and inform the Minister of its recommendations. |
| (2) | The committee shall consist of— |
| (a) | a maximum of four employees of the Department of Public Service and Administration designated by the Minister, one being designated as chairperson by the Minister; |
| (b) | a maximum of four employees designated by the Minister of Finance; and |
| (c) | in the case of— |
| (i) | a national government component or specialised service delivery unit within a national department, two employees designated by the relevant executive authority; or |
| (ii) | a provincial government component, one employee representing the relevant Provincial Treasury and one employee representing the relevant Office of the Premier, designated by the relevant Premier; or |
| (iii) | a specialised service delivery unit within a provincial department, one employee representing the relevant Provincial Treasury and one employee representing the relevant provincial department, designated relevant executive authority. |
| (3) | The relevant executive authority shall submit the institutional option assessment and the business case to the Minister who shall refer it to the committee. |
| (4) | The committee shall upon receipt of the institutional option and the business case from the Minister, assess them and inform the Minister and the executive authority of the relevant national department or the relevant Premier of a province, of its recommendations. |
| (5) | The committee shall at its first meeting appoint a deputy chairperson who shall act as chairperson when the chairperson is unable to perform his or her function. |
| (6) | If both the chairperson and deputy chairperson are absent from a meeting or unable to perform their functions, the members present must elect a person from among themselves to preside at that meeting. |
| (7) | The committee shall determine the procedure for calling meetings and the procedure to be followed at meetings. |
| (8) | A minimum of 50% of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of the committee. |
| (9) | On an equality of votes in any meeting of the committee, the chairperson has a casting vote in addition to a deliberative vote. |