Government and Administration Organisation Act
(GAOA)

In prin­ciple, the head of de­part­ment has the un­res­tric­ted right to is­sue in­struc­tions, to lead his or her de­part­ment and in­ter­vene per­son­ally in a mat­ter. Spe­cial pro­vi­sions for in­di­vidu­al ad­min­is­trat­ive units and the at­tri­bu­tion of cer­tain powers un­der fed­er­al le­gis­la­tion are re­served.