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PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATIONS 1999 

- made under the Public Service Act 1999

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.1.    Name of Regulations [see Note 1]  
   1.2.    Commencement [see Note 1]  
   1.3.    Definitions -- the dictionary  

   PART 2--THE AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC SERVICE

           Division 2.1--The Code of Conduct

   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)  

           Division 2.2--Whistleblowers reports

   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  

   PART 3--APS--EMPLOYEES

           Division 3.1--Employer powers etc of Agency Heads

   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)  
   3.8.    Promotion of ongoing APS employees -- date of effect  
   3.8A.   Engagement of ongoing Parliamentary Service employee at higher classification -- date of effect  
   3.9.    Ongoing moves between Agencies (Act s 26)  
   3.9A.   Other moves between Agencies (Act s 26)  
   3.9B.   Variation of period of agreement  
   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 electronic APS Employment Gazette of certain employment decisions  
   3.12A.  Notification in electronic APS Employment Gazette of cancellation of certain employment decisions  

           Division 3.2--Right of return for election candidates

   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)  

           Division 3.3--Miscellaneous

   3.16.   Knowledge of Act, Regulations and Commissioner's Directions  

   PART 4--INDEPENDENT SELECTION ADVISORY COMMITTEES

   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  

   PART 5--REVIEW OF ACTIONS

           Division 5.1--Statement of intent and outline

   5.1.    General policy about review  
   5.2.    Outline of Part 5  
   5.3.    Review of certain promotion and engagement decisions  
   5.4.    Review of other APS action  
   5.5.    Agency Head's responsibility  

           Division 5.2--Review of certain APS promotion decisions and engagement decisions

   5.6.    Application of Division 5.2  
   5.7.    Entitlement for review: promotion decision  
   5.7A.   Entitlement for review: engagement decision  
   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  

           Division 5.3--Review of other APS actions

              Subdivision 5.3.1--Reviewable action

   5.22.   Entitlement for review  
   5.23.   What APS action is reviewable action [see Note 2]  
   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  

              Subdivision 5.3.3--Secondary review

   5.29.   Application for secondary review  
   5.30.   Agency Head to give documents to Merit Protection Commissioner  
   5.31.   Conduct of review  

              Subdivision 5.3.4--Action following recommendation to Agency Head

   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  

   PART 6--THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER

   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  

   PART 7--THE MERIT PROTECTION COMMISSIONER

   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  

   PART 8--ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS AND RE-ORGANISATIONS

   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)  

   PART 8A--ATTACHMENT OF SALARIES TO SATISFY JUDGMENT DEBTS

   8A.1.   Definitions  
   8A.2.   Application of Part 8A  
   8A.3.   Application of State and Territory law  
   8A.4.   Paying officer  
   8A.5.   Authority to make deductions  
   8A.6.   Administration fee  
   8A.7.   More than 1 judgment debt  
   8A.8.   Effect of deductions  
   8A.9.   Rate of deductions  
   8A.10.  Move to another Agency  
   8A.11.  Administration of deductions  
   8A.12.  Recovery of overpayment  

   PART 9--MISCELLANEOUS

   9.2.    Release of personal information (Act s 76)  
   9.3.    Delegations  
           SCHEDULE 1 Non-reviewable actions
           SCHEDULE 2 Comparable and higher APS classifications to Parliamentary Service classifications

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