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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ACT 2004

Table of Provisions

PART 1--PRELIMINARY

  • 1 Purposes  
  • 2 Commencement  
  • 3 Objects  
  • 4 Definitions  
  • 5 What are public entities?  
  • 6 What are special bodies?  

PART 2--PUBLIC SECTOR VALUES AND EMPLOYMENT PRINCIPLES

PART 3--PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT

Division 1--Structure

  • 9 The public service  

Division 2--Public service bodies

Division 3--Public service body Heads

Division 4--Employees

Division 5--Executives

  • 23 Who are executives for the purposes of this Division?  
  • 24 Who are employers for the purposes of this Division?  
  • 25 Executive employment governed by contract  
  • 25A Remuneration of executives  
  • 26 Contracts and existing employees  
  • 27 Right of return  

Division 6--Mobility of employees

Division 7--Restriction on employees doing other work

Division 8--Termination

  • 33 Termination of employment (non-executives)  
  • 34 Termination of employment (executives)  
  • 35 No compensation on termination of employment, etc.  

Division 9--General

  • 36 Operation of Part  

PART 3A--ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES

  • 36A Administrative guidelines  

PART 4--VICTORIAN PUBLIC SECTOR COMMISSION

Division 1--The Commission

Division 2--Victorian Public Sector Commissioner

Division 3--Advisory Board

  • 52 Establishment and constitution of Advisory Board  
  • 53 Appointment of members of Advisory Board  
  • 54 Role and functions of Advisory Board  
  • 55 Meetings and procedures of Advisory Board  

Division 4--Inquiries

Division 4A--Ancillary provisions for inquiries

  • 60B Definitions  
  • 60C Power to compel production of documents and other things or attendance of witness  
  • 60D Service of notice to produce or notice to attend  
  • 60E Offence to fail to comply with a notice to produce or attend  
  • 60F Offence to fail to take oath, make affirmation or answer question  
  • 60G Statutory secrecy and confidentiality provisions  
  • 60H Protection of participants  
  • 60I Practice directions, statements and notes  

Division 5--Maintaining public sector professionalism and integrity

Division 6--Annual plan, strategic plan and annual report

  • 68 Annual plan  
  • 69 Strategic plan  
  • 70 Annual report  

Division 7--Application of other Acts

Division 8--The Commission and the IBAC

  • 73 Mandatory notification of corrupt conduct to IBAC  
  • 74 Consultation prior to notification  
  • 74A Communication of information to the IBAC  
  • 74B Commission not to prejudice investigations of the IBAC  

PART 5--OPERATION OF PUBLIC ENTITIES

Division 1--Preliminary

  • 75 Application of Part  
  • 76 This Part to prevail  

Division 2--Governance principles

  • 77 Application of Division  
  • 78 Other duties not affected  
  • 79 Duties of directors  
  • 80 Duties of chairperson  
  • 81 Duties of entity  
  • 82 Public entity not to make loans to directors  
  • 83 Sub-committees  
  • 84 Subsidiaries  
  • 85 Accountability  
  • 86 Injunctions  
  • 87 Public entity or Minister may bring proceedings  

Division 3--Removal, suspension or standing down of directors

  • 88 Application of Division  
  • 89 Power to remove or suspend directors  
  • 90 Standing down of director of quasi-judicial entity  

Division 4--General

  • 91 Application of Division  
  • 92 Power to make public entities subject to specified whole of government policies  
  • 93 Requirement to provide financial information  
  • 94 Requirement to provide non-financial information  
  • 95 Documents required to be kept by standard entities  
  • 96 Documents required to be kept by small entities  
  • 97 Documents required to be kept by advisory entities  

PART 5A--COMMUNICATION AND ADVERTISING BY PUBLIC SECTOR BODIES

PART 6--EMPLOYMENT OF MINISTERIAL OFFICERS, PARLIAMENTARY ADVISERS AND JUDICIAL EMPLOYEES

Division 1--Ministerial officers

  • 98 Employment of Ministerial officers  
  • 98A Continuity of certain entitlements of former Ministerial officer  

Division 2--Parliamentary advisers

  • 99 Employment of Parliamentary advisers  
  • 99A Continuity of certain entitlements of former Parliamentary adviser  
  • 100 Delegation  

Division 3--Judicial employees

PART 7--DECLARED AUTHORITIES

  • 104 What are declared authorities?  
  • 105 Application of Act to declared authorities  

PART 7A--EMPLOYER POWERS IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS

  • 105A Declaration of emergency situation  
  • 105B Period of operation of declaration  
  • 105C Variation, extension or revocation of declaration  
  • 105D Report to Parliament  
  • 105E Powers of public sector body Heads in emergency situations  

PART 8--MISCELLANEOUS

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