Cap. 10:31 No. 4/2018 (a) contravene this Act or any other enactment; or (b) arc contrary to the policy of the Govemment or to the public interest; and in that event the chief executive officer shall vvithout delay alter the code to take account of the board's views. (5) If on receipt of a board charter and code of ethics the Unit considers that any of its provisions(a) contravene this Act or any other enactment; or (b) are contrary to the public interest; the head ofthe {}nit shall inform the Minister accordingly. whereupon the iVIinister shall endeavour. by negotiation \Vith the line Minister and (through the line Minister) the board of the public entity concerned, to secure the amendment of the chmter or code. (6) If the J'vfinister fails to secure the amendment of a charter or code in terms of subsection (5), and the Minister is of the opinion that the failure may be detrimental to the business of the entity in question, the Minister shall seek the leave of the President to refer the matter to Cabinet 29 Amendment of board charters and codes of ethics The board of a public entity and the entity's chief executive officer may respectively amend the entity's charter and code of ethics at any time, and sections 26, 27 and 28 shall apply, with any necessmy changes, to such an amendment. 30 Board charters and codes of ethics to be available for inspection The board of every public entity shall ensure that a copy of the entity's board charter and codes of ethics are kept(a) (b) 31 at the entity's office, where they may be inspected by members of the public free of charge at all reasonable times during the entity's business hours; and available in electronic form for inspection by members of the public on the entity's ·,;vebsite. Monitoring of compliance with Good Corporate Governance Code, board charters and codes of ethics ( 1) In this section "standard of compliance" in relation to a public entity refers to the level of compliance by the entity with the Good Corporate Govemance Code, such of the principles of good govemance set out in the Second Schedule as are applicable to the public entity concerned, and the relevant board charter. (2) Subject to this Act and any other enactment(a) every line Minister is responsible for monitoring compliance by the public entity of which he or she is the line Minister with the Good Corporate Govemance Code, such of the principles of good governance set out in the Second Schedule as are applicable to the public entity concemed, and its board charter; and (b) evety board of a public entity is responsible for monitoring compliance by the employees of the public entity with the entity's code of ethics; and (c) the Unit is respon.<>iblc for overseeing general compliance by public entities with the Good Corporate Governance Code and such of the principles of good governance set out in the Second Schedule as are applicable to the public entities concerned. 99

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