PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1999
- SECT 15
Breaches of the Code of Conduct

(1)

An Agency Head may impose the following sanctions on an APS employee in the Agency who is found (under procedures established under subsection (3)) to have breached the Code of Conduct:

(a)

termination of employment;

(b)

reduction in classification;

(c)

re-assignment of duties;

(d)

reduction in salary;

(e)

deductions from salary, by way of fine;

(f)

a reprimand.

(2)

The regulations may prescribe limitations on the power of an Agency Head to impose sanctions under subsection (1).

(3)

An Agency Head must establish procedures for determining whether an APS employee in the Agency has breached the Code of Conduct. The procedures:

(a)

must comply with basic procedural requirements set out in Commissioner's Directions; and

(b)

must have due regard to procedural fairness; and

(c)

may be different for different categories of APS employees.

(4)

The Commissioner must issue directions in writing for the purposes of subsection (3).

(5)

An Agency Head must take reasonable steps to ensure that every APS employee in the Agency has ready access to the documents that set out the procedures referred to in subsection (3).