Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

69.   Permanent Secretaries

Where any Minister has been charged with responsibility for any department of government, he or she shall exercise general direction and control over that department; and, subject to such direction and control, every department of government shall be under the supervision of a public officer whose office is referred to in this Constitution as the office of a permanent secretary:

Provided that 2 or more government departments may be placed under the supervision of one permanent secretary.