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Civilian Secretariat for Police Service Act, 2011 (Act No. 2 of 2011)

Chapter 4 : Provincial Secretariats

19. Duties and functions

 

The head of a provincial secretariat—

(a) is responsible for the performance of the functions of a provincial secretariat as contemplated in section 17 or such duties and functions assigned to the head of a provincial secretariat by the Secretary in terms of section 10;
(b) is responsible for the resources and the employees of a provincial secretariat in the province;
(c) must take all decisions necessary or expedient for performance of the functions of a provincial secretariat referred to in section 17 or otherwise assigned to him or her by the Secretary in terms of section 10 or by the MEC of the province concerned;
(d) must monitor that national policing policies and directives issued or made by the Minister are implemented by the police service in the province and reports thereon are submitted to the head of a provincial department, the MEC and the Secretary;
(e) must evaluate and review practices, methodologies and performance of the police service in the province, submit reports thereon to the head of a provincial department and the MEC and submit copies thereof to the Secretary; and
(f) must perform such functions as the head of a provincial department or the MEC may consider necessary or expedient to ensure civilian oversight over police in the province.