Public Service Act 1999

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

acting SES employee means a non‑SES employee who is acting in a position usually occupied by an SES employee.

Agency means:

Agency Head means:

Agency Minister means:

Agency website means a website maintained by an Agency.

APS means the Australian Public Service established by section 9.

APS employee means:

APS employment means employment as an APS employee.

APS Employment Principles means the principles in section 10A.

APS Values means the values in section 10.

Australian Fair Pay and Conditions Standard has the same meaning as in the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009.

category of APS employee means one of the following categories:

Classification Rules means rules made under section 23.

Code of Conduct means the rules in section 13.

Commissioner means the Australian Public Service Commissioner appointed under this Act.

Commissioner’s Directions means directions issued by the Commissioner under section 11, 11A or 15.

Department means a Department of State, excluding any part that is itself an Executive Agency or Statutory Agency.

enterprise agreement has the same meaning as in the Fair Work Act 2009.

Executive Agency means an Executive Agency established under section 65.

fair work instrument has the same meaning as in the Fair Work Act 2009.

former Agency Head means a person who was, but is no longer, an Agency Head.

former APS employee means a person who was, but is no longer, an APS employee.

Head:

Head of Mission means the head of:

locally engaged employee means a person engaged under section 74.

Merit Protection Commissioner means the Merit Protection Commissioner appointed under this Act.

modern award has the same meaning as in the Fair Work Act 2009.

National Employment Standards has the same meaning as in the Fair Work Act 2009.

non‑ongoing APS employee means an APS employee who is not an ongoing APS employee.

non‑SES employee means an APS employee other than an SES employee.

ongoing APS employee means a person engaged as an ongoing APS employee, as mentioned in paragraph 22(2)(a).

overseas means outside Australia and the Territories.

Presiding Officer means the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Prime Minister’s Department means the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Public Service Minister means the Minister who administers this Act.

Secretaries Board means the Secretaries Board established by section 64.

Secretary means the Secretary of a Department.

SES means the Senior Executive Service established by section 35.

SES employee has the meaning given by section 34.

Special Commissioner means a Special Commissioner appointed under section 48A.

special review means a review conducted by the Commissioner under subsection 41D(1).

State of the Service report means a report referred to in subsection 44(1).

Statutory Agency means a body or group of persons declared by a law of the Commonwealth to be a Statutory Agency for the purposes of this Act.

systems review means a review conducted by the Commissioner under subsection 41C(1).

WR Act collective transitional instrument means an award, a collective agreement or a pre‑reform certified agreement (within the meaning of those terms in the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009).

WR Act transitional instrument means an award, a workplace agreement, a pre‑reform certified agreement, an AWA or a pre‑reform AWA (within the meaning of those terms in the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009).