Public Sector Ethics Act 1994

A standard of practice applies additional standards of conduct and behaviour to public officials of a particular public service agency.

A standard of practice must—

have regard to the ethics principles and values; and

support the standards of conduct in the code of conduct for public service agencies.

A standard of practice—

applies to all public officials of the public service agency; and

may apply to other persons who are not public officials of the agency who have a contract or other agreement with the agency.Examples for paragraph (b)—

A standard of practice for a public service agency may make different provision, consistent with the ethics values, for different types of—

public officials of the agency; or

persons mentioned in subsection (3)(b).