Public Service Regulations 1999

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Public Service Act 1999

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F1999B00307

03 December 1999 - 19 December 2000

This instrument was backcaptured in accordance with Section 36 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003

Table of contents

1.1 Name of Regulations
1.2 Commencement
1.3 Definitions — the dictionary
2.1 Duty not to disclose information (Act s 13)
2.2 Statutory office holders bound by the Code of Conduct (Act s 14)
2.3 Limitation on sanctions for breaches of Code of Conduct (Act s 15)
2.4 Procedures for dealing with whistleblowers reports (Act s 16)
2.5 Commissioner’s functions relating to whistleblowers reports (Act s 41)
2.6 Merit Protection Commissioner’s functions relating to whistleblowers reports (Act s 50)
2.7 Other functions relating to whistleblowers reports
3.1 Condition of engagement — health clearance (Act s 20)
3.2 Direction to attend medical examination (Act s 20)
3.3 Approval of schemes for non-ongoing APS employees to gain skills and experience (Act s 20)
3.4 Engagement of SES employees (Act s 22)
3.5 Engagement of non-SES employees (Act s 22)
3.6 Extension of specified terms of engagement of certain non-SES employees (Act s 22)
3.7 Limitations on extension of specified terms of engagement of certain non-SES employees (Act s 22)
3.8 Promotion of ongoing APS employees — date of effect
3.9 Voluntary moves between Agencies (Act s 26)
3.10 Suspension from duties (Act s 28)
3.11 Termination of employment of non-ongoing APS employees (Act s 29)
3.12 Notification in Gazette of certain employment decisions
3.13 Prescribed elections (Act s 32)
3.14 Entitlement to return to APS employment (Act s 32)
3.15 Entitlements on return to APS employment (Act s 32)
3.16 Knowledge of Act, Regulations and Commissioner’s Directions
4.1 Function of ISAC
4.2 Establishment of ISAC
4.3 Constitution of ISAC
4.4 ISAC procedures — minimum requirements
4.5 ISAC procedures — Merit Protection Commissioner’s instructions
4.6 Assistance to ISAC
4.7 Assessment and recommendation by ISAC
4.8 Non-agreement on recommendation by ISAC
4.9 ISAC recommendation not binding
4.10 Effect of acting on ISAC recommendation
4.11 Effect of not acting in accordance with ISAC recommendation
4.12 Offence
5.1 General policy about review
5.2 Outline of Part 5
5.3 Review of certain promotion decisions
5.4 Review of other APS action
5.5 Agency Head’s responsibility
5.6 Application of Division 5.2
5.7 Entitlement for review
5.8 Grounds for review
5.9 Application for review
5.10 Appointment of PRC
5.11 Constitution of PRC
5.12 Statements by parties
5.13 Frivolous or vexatious applications
5.14 PRC procedures — minimum requirements
5.15 PRC procedures — Merit Protection Commissioner’s instructions
5.16 Assistance to PRC
5.17 Requirement to provide information or documents
5.18 Conduct of review by PRC
5.19 Non-agreement on decision by PRC
5.20 Effect of PRC decision
5.21 Offence
5.22 Entitlement for review
5.23 What APS action is reviewable action
5.24 Application for primary review
5.25 Referral to Merit Protection Commissioner
5.26 Notice that action not reviewable
5.27 Conduct of review by Agency Head
5.28 Conduct of review by Merit Protection Commissioner etc
5.29 Application for secondary review
5.30 Agency Head to give documents to Merit Protection Commissioner
5.31 Conduct of review
5.32 Action by Agency Head
5.33 Review procedures — minimum requirements
5.34 Review procedures — Merit Protection Commissioner’s instructions
5.35 Requirement to provide information or documents
5.36 Making of application does not operate as stay
5.37 Offence
6.1 Commissioner’s functions — inquiries into Merit Protection Commissioner’s behaviour (Act s 41 (1))
6.2 Commissioner’s functions — inquiries into alleged breaches of Code of Conduct by Agency Heads (Act s 41 (3))
6.3 Non-disclosure of information by Commissioner, etc
6.4 Immunity from suit
7.1 Prescribed functions (Act s 50)
7.2 Investigation of complaints by former employees
7.3 Review of actions of statutory office holders who are not Agency Heads
7.4 Other functions of Merit Protection Commissioner
7.5 Independence of Merit Protection Commissioner
7.6 Non-disclosure of information by Merit Protection Commissioner, etc
7.7 Immunity from suit
8.1 Employment conditions after machinery of government changes — movement of APS employees (Act s 72)
8.2 Employment conditions after machinery of government changes — engagement of non-APS employees (Act s 72)
9.1 Attachment of salaries to satisfy judgment debts (Act s 75)
9.2 Release of personal information (Act s 76)
9.3 Delegations
- Schedule 1 Non-reviewable actions
- Dictionary

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