NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT AND MANAGEMENT
REGULATIONS 2011
As in force at 22 December 2025
Table of provisions
Part 1 Preliminary matters
1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1
2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1
3 Definitions ........................................................................................ 1
4 Exemptions ...................................................................................... 1
Part 2 Employment matters generally
5 Employment records........................................................................ 2
6 Resignation...................................................................................... 2
7 Employee surplus to requirements – employee organisation .......... 2
Part 3 Appeals
8 Notice of appeal............................................................................... 2
9 Selection of members of appeal board ............................................ 3
10 Employee organisation for appeals about inability,
performance and disciplinary decisions ........................................... 3
11 Employee organisation for promotion appeal .................................. 4
12 Majority decision .............................................................................. 4
13 Failure of person to attend etc. ........................................................ 5
14 Status of persons appearing or giving information........................... 5
15 Reimbursement of expenses ........................................................... 5
Part 4 Public Sector Consultative Council
16 Definitions ........................................................................................ 6
17 Public Sector Consultative Council .................................................. 6
18 Membership of Council .................................................................... 6
19 Chairperson and deputy chairperson ............................................... 7
20 Alternate members .......................................................................... 7
21 Meetings of Council ......................................................................... 8
22 Standing committees ....................................................................... 8
Part 5 Repeals and transitional matters for Public
Sector Employment and Management
Regulations
23 Definitions ........................................................................................ 8
Public Sector Employment and Management Regulations 2011 ii
24 Repeals ........................................................................................... 8
25 Continuation of repealed regulations for transitional matters ........... 9
26 Public Sector Consultative Council .................................................. 9
Schedule 1 Exemptions
Schedule 2 Employment record
Schedule 3 Repealed Regulations
ENDNOTES
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
As in force at 22 December 2025
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT AND MANAGEMENT
REGULATIONS 2011
Regulations under the Public Sector Employment and Management
Act 1993
Part 1 Preliminary matters
1 Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Public Sector Employment
and Management Regulations 2011.
2 Commencement
These Regulations commence on the commencement of the Public
Sector Employment and Management Amendment Act 2011.
3 Definitions
In these Regulations:
correctional officer, see section 4 of the Correctional Services
Act 2014.
NTPOA means the Northern Territory Prison Officers Association.
NTSPOA means the Northern Territory Senior Prison Officers
Association.
registered organisation means an organisation registered under
the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 (Cth).
4 Exemptions
For section 4(2) of the Act, the provisions listed in Schedule 1 do
not apply in relation to the persons or Agencies for whom those
provisions are listed.
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Part 2 Employment matters generally
5 Employment records
(1) For section 17(2)(a) of the Act, the employment record for an
employee must include the information listed in Schedule 2.
(2) However, the employment record is to include the information
mentioned in Schedule 2, Part 1, items 7, 8 and 9 only if the
employee consents to that information being recorded.
6 Resignation
(1) For section 37(2) of the Act, an employee must give 14 days notice
of his or her resignation.
(2) However, a Chief Executive Officer may accept a resignation of
which a shorter period of notice is given.
7 Employee surplus to requirements – employee organisation
For section 41(2) of the Act, the following are prescribed as
employee organisations:
(a) for an employee who is a correctional officer and a member of
the NTSPOA – the NTSPOA;
(b) for an employee who is a correctional officer and a member of
the NTPOA – the NTPOA;
(c) for any other employee – a registered organisation of which
the employee is a member nominated by the employee.
Note for regulation 7
If none of paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) apply to an employee, there is no prescribed
organisation for that employee for section 41(2) of the Act.
Part 3 Appeals
8 Notice of appeal
A notice of appeal under section 59A(3) or 59B(3) of the Act:
(a) must be in writing; and
(b) must set out the following:
(i) the name of the appellant;
(ii) details of the decision appealed against;
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(iii) the grounds of the appeal.
9 Selection of members of appeal board
(1) For section 59C(3) of the Act, an appointor must select a person to
be a member of the appeal board within 10 days of being requested
by the Commissioner to do so.
(2) A selection must be made in writing and given to the
Commissioner.
(3) As soon as practicable after the 3 members of the appeal board
have been selected, the Commissioner must give written notice of
the selections to the appellant and the relevant Chief Executive
Officer.
(4) In this regulation:
appointor means:
(a) the relevant Chief Executive Officer mentioned in
section 59C(2)(b) of the Act; or
(b) the employee organisation mentioned in section 59C(2)(c) of
the Act.
10 Employee organisation for appeals about inability,
performance and disciplinary decisions
(1) This regulation prescribes employee organisations for
section 59C(2)(c) of the Act for an appeal under section 59A of the
Act.
(2) The employee organisation for the appellant is as follows:
(a) if at the relevant time the appellant was eligible to be a
member of the NTSPOA – the NTSPOA;
(b) if at the relevant time the appellant was eligible to be a
member of the NTPOA – the NTPOA;
(c) otherwise – the registered organisation with the greatest
number of members who are employees with the designation
that the appellant had at the relevant time.
Note for subregulation (2)
Paragraph (a) or (b) applies:
(a) whether or not the employee was a member of that organisation; and
(b) even if the employee is or was a member of a registered organisation.
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Paragraph (c) applies:
(a) whether or not the employee was, or was eligible to be, a member of that
organisation; and
(b) even if the employee is or was a member of another registered
organisation.
(3) Any dispute as to which employee organisation is prescribed for an
appellant is to be determined by the Commissioner.
(4) In this regulation:
relevant time means the time when the decision the subject of the
appeal was made.
11 Employee organisation for promotion appeal
(1) This regulation prescribes employee organisations for
section 59C(2)(c) of the Act for an appeal under section 59B of the
Act.
(2) The employee organisation for the appellant is as follows:
(a) if the promoted employee will, when so promoted, be eligible
to be a member of the NTSPOA – the NTSPOA;
(b) if the promoted employee will, when so promoted, be eligible
to be a member of the NTPOA – the NTPOA;
(c) otherwise – the registered organisation with the greatest
number of members who are employees with the designation
that the promoted employee will have when so promoted.
Note for subregulation (2)
Paragraph (a), (b) or (c) applies:
(a) whether or not the employee is a member of that organisation; and
(b) even if the employee is or was a member of another registered
organisation.
(3) Any dispute as to which employee organisation is prescribed for an
appellant is to be determined by the Commissioner.
(4) In this regulation:
promoted employee means whichever employee is promoted to
perform the duties mentioned in section 59B(1)(a) of the Act.
12 Majority decision
Questions arising before an appeal board are to be determined by a
majority vote of the board members.
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13 Failure of person to attend etc.
A failure by a person to comply with a requirement under
section 59F(5) of the Act does not affect the appeal board's ability
to deal with and determine the appeal.
14 Status of persons appearing or giving information
A person who appears before, or gives information or documents
to, an appeal board has the same protection, and is subject to the
same liabilities, as a witness in the Supreme Court.
15 Reimbursement of expenses
(1) An appeal board may recommend that the Commissioner
reimburse some or all of the reasonable expenses incurred:
(a) by the appellant in relation to the appeal; or
(b) by a person who appears before, or gives information or
documents to, the appeal board.
(2) Without limiting subregulation (1)(b), the reasonable expenses of a
person who appears before the board may include the following:
(a) actual expenses reasonably incurred by the witness for:
(i) travel to and from the place of the hearing; or
(ii) accommodation and sustenance during the hearing;
(b) loss of salary, wages or other remuneration caused by the
person's attendance at the hearing;
(c) any other necessary expense incurred by the person because
of the attendance.
(3) The Commissioner may, but is not required to, comply with the
recommendation.
(4) The Commissioner may recover any amount paid under
subregulation (3) from the Agency in which the appellant was
employed at the time the decision the subject of the appeal was
made.
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Part 4 Public Sector Consultative Council
16 Definitions
In this Part:
Council means the Public Sector Consultative Council under
regulation 17.
member means a person holding or occupying the office of a
member of the Council under regulation 18.
17 Public Sector Consultative Council
(1) There is a Public Sector Consultative Council.
(2) The functions of the Council are:
(a) to consider matters of general interest in relation to the Public
Sector referred to it by the Commissioner; and
(b) to report on, and make recommendations about, those matters
to the Commissioner.
(3) The Commissioner must refer to the Council any matter of general
interest in relation to the Public Sector:
(a) the Commissioner considers it appropriate to refer; or
(b) submitted to the Commissioner for referral to the Council by
any of the following:
(i) a Chief Executive Officer;
(ii) an employee;
(iii) an organisation representing employees or Agencies.
18 Membership of Council
(1) The Council consists of 16 members as follows:
(a) the Commissioner;
(b) a person appointed by the Commissioner;
(c) 6 persons appointed by the Commissioner from persons
nominated by Chief Executive Officers;
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(d) 8 persons appointed by the Commissioner from persons
nominated by Unions NT.
(3) A person cannot be appointed under subregulation (1)(d) unless he
or she is a member of a registered organisation.
(4) A member other than the Commissioner:
(a) holds office for the period specified in the appointment and
may be reappointed; and
(b) may resign by giving written notice to the Commissioner.
(5) A member appointed under subregulation (1)(d) ceases to be a
member if he or she ceases to be a member of a registered
organisation.
(6) A nomination under subregulation (1)(c) or (d) must be made in
writing and given to the Commissioner as and when requested by
the Commissioner.
19 Chairperson and deputy chairperson
(1) The Commissioner is the chairperson of the Council.
(2) The members of the Council are to elect one of the members
appointed under regulation 18(1)(d) as deputy chairperson.
(3) The deputy chairperson may exercise the functions of the
chairperson at any time when the Commissioner is unable to do so.
20 Alternate members
(1) The Commissioner may nominate a person to act in the place of the
member appointed under regulation 18(1)(b) at any meeting of the
Council that the member is unable to attend.
(2) A nomination under subregulation (1) must be made in writing
before the meeting.
(3) A member appointed under regulation 18(1)(c) may nominate a
person to act in the member's place at any meeting of the Council
that the member is unable to attend.
(4) Unions NT may nominate a person to act in the place of a member
appointed under regulation 18(1)(d) at any meeting of the Council
that the member is unable to attend.
(5) A nomination under subregulation (3) or (4) must be made in writing
given to the Commissioner before the meeting.
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21 Meetings of Council
(1) The Council is to meet where and when the Commissioner
considers appropriate.
(2) At a meeting of the Council, a quorum is constituted by 7 members
consisting of:
(a) the chairperson or deputy chairperson; and
(b) the person appointed under regulation 18(1)(b); and
(c) 2 members appointed under regulation 18(1)(c); and
(d) 3 members appointed under regulation 18(1)(d), other than
the deputy chairperson if he or she is counted under
paragraph (a).
(3) The chairperson is to preside at a meeting of the Council.
(4) Subject to this regulation, the Council is to determine its own
procedures.
22 Standing committees
The Council may establish standing committees to consider the
needs of particular occupational groups in the Public Sector.
Part 5 Repeals and transitional matters for Public
Sector Employment and Management
Regulations
23 Definitions
In this Part:
commencement, see section 67 of the Act.
repealed Regulations means the Public Sector Employment and
Management Regulations 1993 repealed by regulation 24.
old, see section 67 of the Act.
24 Repeals
The regulations specified in Schedule 3 are repealed.
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Management Regulations
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25 Continuation of repealed regulations for transitional matters
If, under Part 11 of the Act, an old provision of the Act continues to
apply in relation to a matter, the repealed Regulations also continue
to apply in relation to that matter.
26 Public Sector Consultative Council
(1) The Council mentioned in regulation 17 is a continuation of the
Consultative Council established under regulation 22 of the
repealed Regulations.
(2) A person who was a member of the Consultative Council
immediately before the commencement, continues as a member as
if appointed under regulation 18.
(3) If a matter was being considered by the Consultative Council
immediately before the commencement, the Council is to continue
dealing with the matter as it if had been referred under
regulation 17.
Schedule 1 Exemptions
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Schedule 1 Exemptions
regulation 4
Exempt persons or Agencies Provisions
1 Auditor-General
Auditor-General's Office
section 28 of Act
2 Employees employed in Power and Water
Corporation, Power Generation Corporation
or Power Retail Corporation
All by-laws under
section 60 of Act
3 Employees employed under Executive
Contracts of Employment
Parts 7 and 8 and
Part 9, Division 2 of Act
4 Fixed period employees not employed under
Executive Contracts of Employment
Parts 7 and 8 and
section 59A of Act
5 Casual employees Parts 7 and 8 and
section 59A of Act
6 Persons employed under section 24 of the
Parks and Wildlife Commission Act 1980
Whole Act
7 Persons employed under section 39 of the
Land Development Corporation Act 2003
Whole Act
8 Persons employed under section 27 of the
Tourism and Events NT Act 2012
Whole Act
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Schedule 2 Employment record
regulation 5
Part 1 Personal details
1 Full name and any previous names
2 Residential and postal addresses
3 Date of birth
4 Sex
5 Next of kin and emergency contact
6 Citizenship or Australian residency status
7 Whether the employee has any dependents and, if so, the
following details for each of them:
(a) full name
(b) date of birth
(c) relationship to the employee
(d) residential address
(e) details of earnings (if any)
8 Any disabilities relevant to the employee's employment
9 Ethnicity or aboriginality
Note for items 7 to 9
Under regulation 5(2), the information mentioned in items 7 to 9 is to be recorded only
with the employee's consent.
Part 2 Employment details
1 Employee number
2 Designation, and any previous designations
3 Entitlements and the use of those entitlements
4 Qualifications
5 Medical reports provided for section 31 of the Act
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Schedule 3 Repealed Regulations
regulation 24
Public Sector Employment and Management
Regulations
Subordinate Legislation
No. 16 of 1993
Amendment of Public Sector Employment and
Management Regulations
Subordinate Legislation
No. 35 of 1993
Amendments of Public Sector Employment and
Management Regulations
Subordinate Legislation
No. 34 of 1998
Public Sector Employment and Management
(Exemption) Regulations
Subordinate Legislation
No. 14 of 1993
Amendment of Public Sector Employment and
Management (Exemption) Regulations
Subordinate Legislation
No. 36 of 1993
Amendment of Public Sector Employment and
Management (Exemption) Regulations
Subordinate Legislation
No. 25 of 1995
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ENDNOTES
1 KEY Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order
app = appendix om = omitted
bl = by-law pt = Part
ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule
cl = clause rem = remainder
div = Division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep = repealed
f = forms s = section
Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title sub = substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Public Sector Employment and Management Regulations (SL No. 54, 2011)
Notified 20 December 2011
Commenced 1 January 2012 (Gaz S73, 20 December 2011, p 2)
Tourism NT Act 2012 (Act No. 22, 2012)
Assent date 8 November 2012
Commenced 16 November 2012 (Gaz S67, 13 November 2012)
Power and Water Corporation Legislation Amendment Act 2014 (Act No. 13, 2014)
Assent date 13 May 2014
Commenced 29 May 2014 (Gaz S29, 29 May 2014, p 2)
Correctional Services (Related and Consequential Amendments) Act 2014 (Act No. 27,
2014)
Assent date 4 September 2014
Commenced 9 September 2014 (Gaz S80, 9 September 2014, p 2)
Tourism NT Amendment (Integration of NTMEC) Act 2025 (Act No. 34, 2025)
Assent date 5 December 2025
Commenced 22 December 2025 (Gaz G25, 18 December 2025, p 1)
3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table
of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation
Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: rr 1, 3 and 23 and sch 1.
4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS
r 3 amd Act No. 27, 2014, s 57
r 7 amd Act No. 27, 2014, s 57
sch 1 amd Act No. 22, 2012, s 34; Act No. 13, 2014, s 32; Act No. 34, 2025, s 25