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PUBLIC SECTOR ETHICS ACT 1994 - SECT 14

14 Contents of codes

(1) A code of conduct for a public sector entity may contain anything the responsible authority for the entity considers necessary or useful for achieving the purpose of a code of conduct.

(2) In particular, a code may provide obligations public officials must comply with.

(3) A code also may contain--

(a) information explaining the purpose of--
(i) the ethics obligations generally or a particular ethics obligation; or
(ii) the conduct obligations generally or a particular conduct obligation; and
(b) information explaining the object intended to be achieved by the application of--
(i) the ethics obligations generally or a particular ethics obligation; or
(ii) the conduct obligations generally or a particular conduct obligation; and
(c) guidelines about the application of an ethics or conduct obligation; and
(d) examples of the operation of an ethics or conduct obligation; and
(e) explanatory notes about an ethics or conduct obligation; and
(f) references to Acts applying to public officials in performing their official functions.


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