8ACode of ethics and conduct

#### 8A Code of ethics and conduct 8A Code of ethics and conduct > > (1) The Commissioner may, by order published in the Gazette, adopt a code of ethics and conduct. > > > (2) Before adopting a code of ethics and conduct, the Commissioner must consult the industrial organisations that represent government sector employees and the peak body of those industrial organisations about the proposed code or ensure those industrial organisations and the peak body are consulted. > > > (3) Government sector employees must comply with a code adopted under this section. > > > > Note— > > > > A contravention of a code adopted under this section, being an instrument under this Act, may be misconduct for the purposes of section 69. > > > (4) In this section— > > > > Government sector employee means a person employed in ongoing, term, temporary, casual or other employment, or on secondment, in a government sector agency. > > > > industrial organisation means— > > > > > (a) an industrial organisation of employees within the meaning of the [Industrial Relations Act 1996](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1996-017), or > > > > > (b) an association of employees registered as an organisation under the [Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth. > > **s 8A:** Ins 2022 No 76, Sch 1\[1\].