Public Service Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1987 No. 1371

Public Service Regulations2 (Amendment)

THE PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD, acting pursuant to and in the exercise of the authority conferred upon it by the Public Service Act 1922,hereby makes, subject to the approval of the Governor-General, the following Regulations.

Dated 11 June 1987.

Roger Beale

Acting Chairman

W J Harris

Commissioner

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby approve the following Regulations.

Dated 18 June 1987.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Peter Walsh

Minister of State for Finance for and on behalf of the Prime Minister

 

1. After regulation 8 of the Public Service Regulations the following regulations are inserted:

Duties of officers

“8a. An officer shall:

(a) perform with skill, care, diligence and impartiality the duties of his or her office, or any other office whose duties he or she is directed to perform, to the best of his or her ability;

 

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(b) comply with any enactments, regulations, determinations, awards or departmental instructions applicable to the performance of his or her duties;

(c) comply with any lawful and reasonable direction given by a person having authority to give the direction;

(d) have regard to any official guidelines or recommendations applicable to the performance of his or her duties;

(e) in the course of his or her duties treat members of the public and other officers with courtesy and sensitivity to their rights, duties and aspirations;

(f) provide reasonable assistance to members of the public in their dealings with the Service and help them understand their entitlements and any requirements with which they are obliged to comply;

(g) avoid waste, or extravagance in the use, of public resources;

(h) not take, or seek to take, improper advantage, in the interests, pecuniary or otherwise, of the officer, any other person or any group, of any official information acquired, or any document to which he or she has access, as a consequence of his or her employment; and

(i) at all times behave in a manner that maintains or enhances the reputation of the Service.

Conflict of interests

“8b. An officer who has an interest, pecuniary or otherwise, that could conflict with the proper performance of his or her duties shall, as soon as possible after the relevant facts have come to the officer’s notice:

(a) disclose that interest to his or her supervisor; and

(b) take whatever action is required to avoid that conflict.”.

Repeal

2. Regulations 32 and 34 of the Public Service Regulations are repealed.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 25 June 1986.

2. Statutory Rules 1935 No. 18 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1987 No. 25 and see also Statutory Rules 1987 Nos. 25, 38, and 90.

 

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