Contents

Part 1--Preliminary                                                                                                                1

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ....................................................................... 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

3............ Objects of this Act ............................................................................. 1

4............ This Act binds the Crown .................................................................. 1

5............ This Act extends to things outside Australia ..................................... 2

6............ Engagement of employees in a Department ....................................... 2

Part 2--Interpretation                                                                                                           3

7............ Interpretation ...................................................................................... 3

8............ Relationship with Fair Work Acts ..................................................... 6

Part 3--The Australian Parliamentary Service                                                      8

9............ Constitution of the Australian Parliamentary Service ........................ 8

10.......... Parliamentary Service Values .............................................................. 8

11.......... Commissioner must give advice to Presiding Officers about Parliamentary Service Values     9

12.......... Secretaries must promote Parliamentary Service Values .................. 10

13.......... The Parliamentary Service Code of Conduct .................................... 10

14.......... Secretaries bound by Code of Conduct ............................................ 11

15.......... Breaches of the Code of Conduct ..................................................... 11

16.......... Protection for whistleblowers .......................................................... 12

17.......... Prohibition on patronage and favouritism ........................................ 13

17A....... Application of sections 16 and 17 to the Parliamentary Librarian ... 13

18.......... Promotion of employment equity .................................................... 13

19.......... Restrictions on directions to Clerks ................................................. 13

Part 4--Parliamentary Service employees and the Parliamentary Librarian            14

Division 1--Parliamentary Service employees generally                         14

20.......... General directions to Secretaries ....................................................... 14

21.......... Employer powers etc. of Secretary .................................................. 15

22.......... Engagement of Parliamentary Service employees ............................. 15

23.......... Classification Rules .......................................................................... 16

24.......... Remuneration and other conditions .................................................. 17

25.......... Assignment of duties ........................................................................ 18

26.......... Mobility between Parliamentary Service and Public Service ........... 18

26A....... Rights of ongoing employees when engaged as non‑ongoing employees of the other service 19

27.......... Compulsory moves between Parliamentary Departments and between the Parliamentary Service and the Australian Public Service .................................................................................... 20

28.......... Suspension ........................................................................................ 20

29.......... Termination of employment ............................................................. 21

30.......... Retirement ........................................................................................ 21

31.......... Forfeiture of additional remuneration ............................................... 22

32.......... Right of return for election candidates .............................................. 22

33.......... Review of actions ............................................................................. 23

Division 2--The Senior Executive Service                                                     25

34.......... SES employees ................................................................................. 25

35.......... Constitution and role of SES ............................................................ 25

36.......... Commissioner's guidelines on SES matters ...................................... 25

37.......... Incentive to retire .............................................................................. 25

38.......... Commissioner's certificate required for termination of SES employment                26

Division 3--Parliamentary Librarian                                                                   27

38A....... Parliamentary Librarian .................................................................... 27

38B....... Functions of Parliamentary Librarian ............................................... 27

38C....... Appointment of Parliamentary Librarian ......................................... 27

38D....... Termination of appointment of Parliamentary Librarian ................. 28

38E........ Remuneration and other conditions of appointment ........................ 28

38F........ Acting Parliamentary Librarian ......................................................... 29

38G....... Resources for the Parliamentary Librarian ....................................... 29

38H....... Reporting to Library Committee ...................................................... 30

38I......... Copyright ......................................................................................... 30

Part 5--The Parliamentary Service Commissioner                                            31

Division 1--Commissioner's functions etc.                                                    31

39.......... Parliamentary Service Commissioner ............................................... 31

40.......... Commissioner's functions ................................................................ 31

41.......... Commissioner's inquiry powers ...................................................... 31

42.......... Annual report ................................................................................... 31

Division 2--Commissioner's appointment, conditions etc.                    33

43.......... Appointment of Commissioner ........................................................ 33

44.......... Remuneration and other conditions of appointment ........................ 33

45.......... Removal from office ......................................................................... 33

46.......... Acting Commissioner ....................................................................... 34

Part 6--The Parliamentary Service Merit Protection Commissioner     35

Division 1--Merit Protection Commissioner's functions etc.              35

47.......... Parliamentary Service Merit Protection Commissioner ................... 35

48.......... Merit Protection Commissioner's functions .................................... 35

49.......... Annual report ................................................................................... 36

Division 2--Merit Protection Commissioner's appointment, conditions etc.    37

50.......... Appointment of Merit Protection Commissioner ............................ 37

51.......... Remuneration and other conditions of appointment ........................ 37

52.......... Removal from office ......................................................................... 37

53.......... Acting Merit Protection Commissioner ........................................... 38

Part 7--Departments and Secretaries                                                                       39

54.......... Departments ..................................................................................... 39

54A....... Change of name of Department ........................................................ 39

54B....... Abolition of Department .................................................................. 40

55.......... Offices of Clerk of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives              40

56.......... Office of Secretary of a Department ................................................ 40

57.......... Responsibility for managing Department ......................................... 41

58.......... Appointment of Clerk of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives    41

59.......... Appointment of Secretary of a Department .................................... 42

60.......... Termination of appointment of Clerk of the Senate or Clerk of the House of Representatives              42

61.......... Termination of appointment of Secretary of a Department ............. 42

62.......... Suspension of Clerk of the Senate or Clerk of the House of Representatives          43

63.......... Remuneration and other conditions of appointment ........................ 44

64.......... Acting Secretary ............................................................................... 44

65.......... Annual report ................................................................................... 45

Part 8--Miscellaneous                                                                                                        46

65A....... Security Management Board ............................................................ 46

66.......... Payments in special circumstances ................................................... 46

67.......... Attachment of salaries to satisfy judgment debts ............................ 47

68.......... Release of personal information ....................................................... 48

69.......... Positions ........................................................................................... 48

70.......... Delegations ....................................................................................... 48

71.......... Determinations ................................................................................. 49

Part 9--Transitional provisions                                                                                     51

72.......... Interpretation .................................................................................... 51

73.......... Operation of Part .............................................................................. 53

74.......... Continuation of existing Departments .............................................. 53

75.......... Current heads of Parliamentary Departments to continue in office . 54

76.......... Conversion of officers and employees ............................................. 55

77.......... Rights under Part IV of the old Act--first‑tier persons ................... 56

78.......... Rights under Part IV of the old Act--second‑tier persons .............. 57

79.......... Determinations under the old Act .................................................... 57

80.......... Misconduct ....................................................................................... 57

81.......... References to Agency, Agency Head, former Parliamentary Departments and Secretaries     58

82.......... References in statutory instruments to "officer" etc. ....................... 58

83.......... Determinations ................................................................................. 59

84.......... Certain Acts continue to apply to Departments established and people appointed or engaged under this Act      60

Part 10--Schedules                                                                                                               61

85.......... Schedule(s) ........................................................................................ 61

Schedule 1--Amendment of the Parliamentary Service (Consequential Amendments) Act 1997                 62

Notes                                                                                                                                             63

  

Notes to the Parliamentary Service Act 1999

Note 1

The Parliamentary Service Act 1999 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 145, 1999 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

The Parliamentary Service Act 1999 was amended by the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2006 (No. 1) (SLI 2006 No. 50). The amendments are incorporated in this compilation.

For all relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Parliamentary Service Act 1999	145, 1999	11 Nov 1999	5 Dec 1999 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1999, No. S584)
Parliamentary Service Amendment Act 2001	125, 2001	27 Sept 2001	17 Oct 2001 (see Gazette 2001, No. GN41)	--
Parliamentary Service Amendment Act 2005	39, 2005	1 Apr 2005	1 Apr 2005	--
Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Act 2008	8, 2008	20 Mar 2008	Schedules 1-7: 28 Mar 2008 (see F2008L00959) Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009	54, 2009	25 June 2009	Schedule 15: (a)	Sch. 15 (item 22)

(a)     Subsection 2(1) (item 38) of the Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009 provides as follows:

                 (1)   Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
38.  Schedule 15	Immediately after the commencement of Part 2‑4 of the Fair Work Act 2009.	1 July 2009 (see F2009L02563)

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part 1
S. 3.......................................	am. No. 39, 2005
Part 2
S. 7.......................................	am. No. 125, 2001; No. 39, 2005; SLI 2006 No. 50; No. 8, 2008; No. 54, 2009
Heading to s. 8.....................	rs. No. 54, 2009
S. 8.......................................	am. No. 54, 2009
Part 3
S. 9.......................................	am. No. 39, 2005
S. 17A..................................	ad. No. 39, 2005
Part 4
Heading to Part 4..................	rs. No. 39, 2005
Division 1
Ss. 23, 24.............................	am. SLI 2006 No. 50; No. 8, 2008; No. 54, 2009
S. 26.....................................	rs. No. 125, 2001
S. 26A..................................	ad. No. 125, 2001
Note to s. 29(1)....................	am. No. 54, 2009
Division 3
Div. 3 to Part 4......................	ad. No. 39, 2005
Ss. 38A-38I.........................	ad. No. 39, 2005
Part 6
Division 1
S. 48.....................................	am. No. 39, 2005
Part 7
S. 54.....................................	am. No. 39, 2005
Ss. 54A, 54B........................	ad. No. 125, 2001
S. 65.....................................	am. No. 39, 2005
Part 8
S. 65A..................................	ad. No. 39, 2005
S. 67.....................................	am. No. 39, 2005
S. 70.....................................	am. No. 39, 2005
Part 9
Ss. 81, 82.............................	am. No. 39, 2005

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009 (No. 54, 2009)

Schedule 15

22  Saving provision--determinations under subsection 24(1)

If a determination made by a Secretary under subsection 24(1) of the Parliamentary Service Act 1999 was in force immediately before the commencement of this Schedule, the determination continues in force on and after that commencement as if it had been made under subsection 24(1) of that Act, as amended by this Schedule.