Role of the Chief Administrator and Chief Executive Officer

The Chief Administrator, or deputy head, is responsible for providing services to the 4 Courts. The powers, duties and functions of the Chief Administrator are as follows:

1. The Chief Administrator is the chief executive officer of the [Courts Administration] Service and has supervision over and direction of its work and staff.
2. The Chief Administrator has all the powers necessary for the overall effective and efficient management and administration of all court services, including court facilities and libraries and corporate services and staffing.
3. The Chief Administrator, in consultation with the Chief Justices of the Federal Court of Appeal, the Federal Court, the Court Martial Appeal Court [of Canada] and the Tax Court of Canada, shall establish and maintain the registry or registries for those courts in any organizational form or forms and prepare budgetary submissions for the requirements of those courts and for the related needs of the [Courts Administration] Service.
4. The powers of the Chief Administrator do not extend to any matter assigned by law to the judiciary.

Subsection 9(1) adds the following:

A chief justice may issue binding directions in writing to the Chief Administrator with respect to any matter within the Chief Administrator's authority.