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Officials and Select Committees - Guidelines

These Guidelines apply to members, office holders, and committee members in Crown entities and State-owned enterprises, as well as to public servants and personnel in other agencies comprising the State sector. They supersede the previous 2005 guidance 'Public Servants and Select Committees - Guidelines' (accessible here from the website archives).

State Services Commission, August 2007, ISBN 978-0-478-30317-9. To print/download use the PDF version, attached above.


Last updated 16/7/2008Plain text URL: http://www.ssc.govt.nz/officials-and-select-committees-2007

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CONTENTS

Executive Summary

Introduction: The Role of Select Committees

Application of these Guidelines

Officials and Select Committees: General Principles

Officials as Witnesses

Officials as Advisers

Attendance by Ministers and the Role of Officials

Contempt of the House

Access to Counsel

Correction of Evidence

Natural Justice

Financial Veto

Attendance in a Personal Capacity

Appendix 1 - Natural Justice

Appendix 2 Further References

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