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Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993
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16 Employment instructions
(1) The Commissioner may, by Gazette notice, make rules, not
inconsistent with this Act, to be known as Employment
Instructions:
(a) relating to the functions and powers of the Commissioner
under this Act; or
(b) otherwise relating to the good management of the Public
Sector.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the Employment
Instructions may do one or more of the following:
(a) require a matter affected by them to be approved by, or be to
the satisfaction of, a specified person or body;
(b) confer on a specified person or body, or a person or body of a
specified class, a discretionary authority;
(c) include a Code of Conduct to be observed in the Public
Sector.
(3) Sections 57 and 63 to 63C of the Interpretation Act 1978 do not
apply in relation to Employment Instructions.