26November 2025. It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting

26 November 2025. It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 26 November 2025. The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4. Kinds of republications The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au): • authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies • unauthorised republications. The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page. Editorial changes The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication. Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice. This republication includes amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1). Uncommenced provisions and amendments If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately before the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law are accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more information, see the home page for this law on the register. Modifications If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95. Penalties At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an individual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).

contents 1 Page 1 Name of Act 2 2 Dictionary 2 2A Notes 2 4 Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc 3 5 Objects of Act 3 6 Meaning of public service job—div 2.1 4 7 Meaning of public sector values 4 8 Meaning of public sector principles 5 9 Public sector conduct 5

Page contents 2 Public Sector Management Act 1994 12 ACT Public Service 8 13 Administrative units 8 14 Ministerial responsibility and functions of administrative units 9 15 Machinery of government changes—officers 9 16 Machinery of government changes—employees 11 17 Head of service functions 12 18 Delegation by head of service 13 19 Directors-general functions 14 20 Delegation by director-general 16 21 Exercise of certain director-general functions by head of Access Canberra 16 22 Executive functions 18 23 Establishment of offices 18 24 Officers 19 25 Employees 19 26 Management strategies for the service 20 27 Application of the merit and equity principle 21 28 Establishment of joint council 22 29 Notification of certain employment matters 23 30 Definitions—pt 4 24 31 Engagement of SES member 24 32 Record about SES member 25 33 Change to SES member’s SETs 25 34 Circumstances when SETs must be changed 26 35 Circumstances when SETs may be changed 26 36 SETs changed by change in administrative arrangements 27 37 Suspension of SES member 27