Executive Powers and Civil Service Bill [HL]

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Executive Powers and Civil Service Bill [HL]

Executive Powers and Civil Service Bill [HL]

Contents
Part 1
Parliamentary authority for executive powers
1
Meaning of “executive powers”
2
Executive powers to be exercisable under authority of Parliament
3
Appropriate parliamentary authority for executive powers
4
Executive Powers Review Committee
Part 2
The Civil Service and special advisers
Interpretation
5
Interpretation of this Part
Appointments to the Civil Service
6
Appointments to the Civil Service
7
The Civil Service Commission
8
Duties of the Civil Service Commission
9
General duty of persons making Civil Service appointments
Impartiality of the Civil Service and Civil Service Commission
10
Duties of Ministers and special advisers to uphold impartiality
Civil servants and special advisers
11
Civil servants and special advisers: duties and restrictions
12
Information relating to special advisers
Codes of conduct
13
Codes of conduct for civil servants and special advisers
14
Codes of conduct: procedure

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Investigations by the Civil Service Commission
15
Power to investigate contraventions relating to the Civil Service
16
Investigation procedure
Part 3
Public appointments
17
Procedure for making specified public appointments
18
Specified public appointments
19
Commissioner for Public Appointments
20
Public Appointments Committee
Part 4
Supplemental
21
Interpretation
22
Regulations, orders and revocation
23
Short title, commencement and extent
Schedule 1   —
Parliamentary authority for treaties and war etc
Schedule 2   —
Executive Powers Review Committee
Schedule 3   —
Civil Service Commission for England, Wales and Scotland
Schedule 4   —
Commissioner for Public Appointments
Schedule 5   —
Public Appointments Committee

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Revised 19 December 2003