Public Sector Management (Breaches of Public Sector Standards) Amendment Regulations 2008 (WA)

28 October 2008 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4727

PS301*

Public Sector Management Act 1994

Public Sector Management (Breaches of Public

Sector Standards) Amendment Regulations 2008

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.             Citation

These regulations are the Public Sector Management (Breaches
of Public Sector Standards) Amendment Regulations 2008.

2.             Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)	regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on 1 November 2008.

3.             Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Public Sector Management (Breaches of Public Sector Standards) Regulations 2005.

4.             Regulation 7 amended

In regulation 7(5) in the definition of prescribed lodgement
period delete paragraph (a) and “or” after it and insert:

(a) for a public sector standard established in respect of the recruitment, selection and appointment of employees — the period of —

(i)      10 days after the claimant was given notice under regulation 5(1); or

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(ii)      if the relevant public sector body is authorised by the Commissioner under regulation 8A, 4 days after the claimant was given that notice;

or

(ba) for a public sector standard established in
respect of the resolution of employees’
grievances — 10 days after the claimant was
given notice under regulation 5(1); or

5.             Regulation 8A inserted

After regulation 7 insert:

8A.	Commissioner may authorise reduced prescribed lodgement period for lodging certain claims
(1)	The Commissioner may give a written authorisation to a public sector body for the purposes of paragraph (a)(ii) of the definition of prescribed lodgement period in regulation 7(5) if the Commissioner —

(a)	has reached agreement with the public sector body as to the conditions of the authorisation; and
(b)	is satisfied the public sector body will comply with those conditions.

(2) The Commissioner may at any time, in writing, revoke
an authorisation given under subregulation (1).

By Command of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.