Public Sector Ethics Act 1994

A code of conduct for a public sector entity may contain anything the responsible authority for the entity considers necessary or useful for achieving the purpose of a code of conduct.

In particular, a code may provide conduct obligations public officials must comply with.

A code also may contain—

information explaining the purpose of—

the ethics values generally or a particular ethics value; or

standards of conduct generally or a particular standard of conduct; and

information explaining the object intended to be achieved by the application of—

the ethics values generally or a particular ethics value; or

standards of conduct generally or a particular standard of conduct; and

guidelines about the application of an ethics principle, value or standard of conduct; and

examples of the operation of an ethics principle, value or standard of conduct; and

explanatory notes about an ethics principle, value or standard of conduct; and

references to Acts applying to public officials in performing their official functions.