Appointment, etc, of public officers
84.—(1) Power to make appointments to public offices, and to remove or exercise disciplinary control over persons holding or acting in such offices, is vested in the Governor, acting in accordance with the advice of the Public Service Commission, unless the Governor is instructed by Her Majesty through a Secretary of State to do otherwise.
(2) The Governor, acting after consultation with the Public Service Commission, may, by regulations published in the Gazette, delegate to any member of the Commission or any public officer, to such extent and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed in the regulations, any of the powers vested in the Governor to make appointments to public offices and to remove or exercise disciplinary control over persons holding or acting in such offices.
(3) This section shall not apply to—
(a)any office to which section 85 applies;
(b)any office mentioned in section 82;
(c)any office in the Police Force;
(d)the office of Cabinet Secretary except as respects power to remove or exercise disciplinary control over a person holding or acting in that office.