Western Australian Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 31

31 .         Extent of compliance with public sector standards etc. to be reported

        (1)         A chief executive officer or chief employee shall cause to be included in the annual report submitted by the accountable authority of the relevant department or organisation under Part 5 of the Financial Management Act 2006 a report, prepared in accordance with guidelines, if any, issued by the Commissioner, on the extent to which public sector standards, codes of ethics and any relevant code of conduct have been complied with in relation to the relevant department or organisation.

        (2)         The chief executive officer or chief employee of an organisation which is not a statutory authority within the meaning of the Financial Management Act 2006 shall, before 31 August in each year or such earlier date in that year as the Commissioner may determine by order published in the Gazette , cause to be prepared and submitted to the Commissioner a report, prepared in accordance with guidelines, if any, issued by the Commissioner, on the extent to which public sector standards, codes of ethics and any relevant code of conduct have been complied with in relation to that organisation.

        (3)         If the whole or any part of a department or organisation is exempted under section 25(1) from compliance with the whole or any part of any public sector standard or code of ethics, subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to or in relation to any thing to which that exemption relates.

        (4)         The Commissioner shall include in the relevant annual report referred to in section 21(1)(i) each report submitted to him or her under subsection (2).

        [Section 31 amended by No. 5 of 2005 s. 43; No. 77 of 2006 s. 17.]