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The Public Service Regulations 2023 sets out practical rules for how the Australian Public Service operates—governing employee conduct, hiring and dismissal processes, review and appeal pathways, commissioner powers, administrative changes, debt recovery and limits on sharing personal information. It applies to APS employees, Agency Heads and the Public Service and Merit Protection Commissioners.
It gives effect to the Public Service Act 1999 to promote fairness, transparency and accountability across the APS.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Public Service Regulations 2023.
This instrument is the Public Service Regulations 2023.
This instrument is made under the Public Service Act 1999.
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) Agency Head;
(b) APS employment;
(c) Classification Rules;
(d) Code of Conduct;
(e) Commissioner’s Directions;
(ea) former Agency Head;
(eb) former APS employee;
(f) Merit Protection Commissioner.
In this instrument:
Act means the Public Service Act 1999.
action has the meaning given by subsection 33(7) of the Act.
affected employee has the meaning given by subsection 36(1).
affected former employee has the meaning given by subsection 73(1).
APS action has the meaning given by subsection 33(7) of the Act.
Australian Public Service Commissioner means the Australian Public Service Commissioner appointed under the Act.
classification means:
(a) in relation to an APS employee or APS employment—an approved classification within the meaning of the Classification Rules; or
(b) in relation to a Parliamentary Service employee—an approved classification within the meaning of the Parliamentary Service Classification Rules 2010 as in force at the commencement of this instrument.
debtor means any of the following who owes a judgment debt:
(a) a Secretary;
(b) the Head of an Executive Agency;
(c) an APS employee.
discloser has the same meaning as in the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013.
employer powers, for an Agency Head, means the rights, duties and powers of the Agency Head under the Act and instruments made under the Act.
employment means APS employment.
employment arrangement means any of the following:
(a) a fair work instrument;
(b) a transitional instrument;
(c) a determination made under subsection 24(1) or (3) of the Act;
(d) a written contract of employment.
external review body does not include a court or tribunal.
higher classification, in relation to an ongoing Parliamentary service employee, has the meaning given by section 6.
Independent Selection Advisory Committee (or ISAC) means an Independent Selection Advisory Committee established under Subdivision B of Division 2 of Part 6.
judgment debt has the meaning given by subsection 75(2) of the Act.
medical practitioner means a person who is registered, or licensed, as a health practitioner under a law of a State or Territory that provides for the registration or licensing of health practitioners.
member of the Fair Work Commission has the same meaning as FWC Member has in the Fair Work Act 2009.
merit pool means a pool of candidates for a vacancy, in respect of which each candidate included in the pool has been assessed as being suitable for the vacancy.
net salary of a debtor means the debtor’s total gross salary, less any amount to be deducted:
(a) to pay income tax; or
(b) to pay child support in accordance with the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989; or
(c) as a contribution that:
(i) the debtor is required to make to a superannuation fund relating to the debtor’s appointment or engagement as a Secretary, the Head of an Executive Agency or an APS employee; and
(ii) is the minimum amount required by law or the rules of the fund.
ongoing Parliamentary Service employee has the same meaning as in the Parliamentary Service Act 1999.
Parliamentary Service employee has the same meaning as in the Parliamentary Service Act 1999.
paying officer, in relation to a debtor, means a person appointed under section 90 in relation to the debtor.
personal information has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988.
promotion, for an ongoing APS employee, has the same meaning as in the Commissioner’s Directions.
public interest disclosure has the same meaning as in the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013.
Public Service Gazette means the Australian Public Service Gazette published in electronic form.
Note: The Public Service Gazette is accessible through the APSJobs website (http://www.apsjobs.gov.au).
ranked merit list means a list of candidates for a vacancy, in respect of which each candidate included in the list:
(a) has been assessed as suitable for the vacancy; and
(b) has been ranked in order of suitability.
ranked merit pool means a pool of candidates for a vacancy, in respect of which:
(a) each candidate included in the pool has been assessed as suitable for the vacancy and is assigned to a group of candidates with a similar suitability for the vacancy (whether or not the group consists of one or more persons); and
(b) each group is ranked in order of suitability.
relevant Agency Head, for a review of an APS action, means:
(a) if the action is an action by an Agency Head—the Agency Head; or
(b) if the action is an action by an APS employee—the Agency Head of the Agency in which the employee was employed at the time of the action.
relevant employment means employment as an ongoing APS employee at a classification mentioned in any of Groups 1 to 6 set out in Schedule 1 to the Classification Rules.
reviewable action has the meaning given by section 37.
similar vacancy has the same meaning as in the Commissioner’s Directions.
statutory office holder has the meaning given by subsection 14(3) of the Act.
total gross salary of a debtor means the total of:
(a) the amount of the debtor’s gross salary as a Secretary, the Head of an Executive Agency or an APS employee (not including any payment of compensation under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988); and
(b) the amount of the allowances, in the nature of salary, that are paid regularly to the debtor in connection with the debtor’s appointment or engagement as a Secretary, the Head of an Executive Agency or an APS employee;
without any reduction for salary sacrifice arrangements or other arrangements with a similar purpose.
transitional instrument has the same meaning as in the transitional Schedules to the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009.
transitional minimum wage instrument has the same meaning as in the transitional Schedules to the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009.
tribunal means a tribunal constituted under an enactment.
vacancy has the same meaning as in the Commissioner’s Directions.
work‑related qualities, in relation to a person, has the same meaning as in the Commissioner’s Directions.
A person who is an ongoing Parliamentary Service employee is engaged as an ongoing APS employee at a higher classification than the person’s classification as an ongoing Parliamentary Service employee immediately before the engagement if: (a) the person is engaged as an ongoing APS employee at a classification mentioned in column 1 of an item in the following table; and (b) immediately before the engagement, the person was engaged as an ongoing Parliamentary Service employee at the classification mentioned in column 2 of that item.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Meaning of </span><span style="font-style:italic">higher classification</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.18%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:39.96%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 1</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>APS Group classification</span></p></td><td style="width:48.86%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 2</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>Parliamentary Service Group classification</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:11.18%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:39.96%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11</span></p></td><td style="width:48.86%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.18%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:39.96%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11</span></p></td><td style="width:48.86%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.18%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:39.96%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11</span></p></td><td style="width:48.86%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.18%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:39.96%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11</span></p></td><td style="width:48.86%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.18%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:39.96%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11</span></p></td><td style="width:48.86%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.18%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>6</span></p></td><td style="width:39.96%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>7, 8, 9, 10, 11</span></p></td><td style="width:48.86%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>6</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.18%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>7</span></p></td><td style="width:39.96%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>8, 9, 10, 11</span></p></td><td style="width:48.86%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>7</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.18%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>8</span></p></td><td style="width:39.96%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>9, 10, 11</span></p></td><td style="width:48.86%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>8</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.18%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>9</span></p></td><td style="width:39.96%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>10, 11</span></p></td><td style="width:48.86%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>9</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.18%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>10</span></p></td><td style="width:39.96%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>11</span></p></td><td style="width:48.86%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>10</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
(1) This section is made for the purposes of subsection 13(13) of the Act. (2) This section does not affect other restrictions on the disclosure of information. (3) An APS employee must not disclose information that the APS employee obtains or generates in connection with the APS employee’s employment if it is reasonably foreseeable that the disclosure could be prejudicial to the effective working of government, including the formulation or implementation of policies or programs. (4) An APS employee must not disclose information that the APS employee obtains or generates in connection with the APS employee’s employment if the information: (a) was, or is to be, communicated in confidence within the government; or (b) was received in confidence by the government from a person or persons outside the government; whether or not the disclosure would found an action for breach of confidence. (5) Subsections (3) and (4) do not prevent a disclosure of information by an APS employee if: (a) the information is disclosed in the course of the APS employee’s duties; or (b) the information is disclosed in accordance with an authorisation given by an Agency Head; or (c) the disclosure is otherwise authorised by law; or (d) the information: (i) is already in the public domain as the result of a disclosure of information that is lawful under this instrument or another law; and (ii) can be disclosed without disclosing, expressly or by implication, other information to which subsection (3) or (4) applies. (6) Subsections (3) and (4) do not limit the authority of an Agency Head to give lawful and reasonable directions in relation to the disclosure of information.
Extent to which statutory office holders are bound by the Code of Conduct (1) For the purposes of subsection 14(2A) of the Act: (a) a statutory office holder is bound by the Code of Conduct only to the extent to which the statutory office holder is assisted by, or deals with, APS employees: (i) in a supervisory capacity; or (ii) in another capacity related to the statutory office holder’s day‑to‑day working relationship with APS employees; and (b) the statutory officer holder is not bound by the Code of Conduct to the extent of any inconsistency between the requirements of: (i) the Code of Conduct; and (ii) a law of the Commonwealth, or a State or Territory, that relates to the statutory office holder’s office or appointment.
Note: The Code of Conduct requires the upholding of the APS Values and APS Employment Principles, among other things.
(2) For the purposes of subsection 14(2A) of the Act, a statutory office holder is bound by the Code of Conduct to the extent to which the Code can apply to the statutory office holder if: (a) a reference in the Code to an APS employee were taken to include a reference to a statutory office holder; and (b) a reference in the Code to APS employment were taken to include matters related to the statutory office holder’s office or appointment. Meaning of statutory office holder—offices (3) For the purposes of the definition of statutory office holder in subsection 14(3) of the Act, an office is prescribed if: (a) the office is held by a person who is engaged or employed under an Act; and (b) the office is held by a person who is assisted by, or deals with, APS employees: (i) in a supervisory capacity; or (ii) in another capacity related to the person’s day‑to‑day working relationship with APS employees; and (c) the office is not: (i) an office of Agency Head; or (ii) a judicial office. Meaning of statutory office holder—appointments (4) For the purposes of the definition of statutory office holder in subsection 14(3) of the Act, an appointment is prescribed if: (a) the appointment is of a person under an Act; and (b) the appointment is of a person who is assisted by, or deals with, APS employees: (i) in a supervisory capacity; or (ii) in another capacity related to the person’s day‑to‑day working relationship with APS employees; and (c) the appointment is not any of the following: (i) an appointment as an Agency Head; (ii) a judicial appointment; (iii) an appointment as a member of the Administrative Review Tribunal; (iv) an appointment as a member of the Australian Defence Force; (v) an appointment as a member of the Fair Work Commission; (vi) an appointment as a member of the National Native Title Tribunal; (vii) an appointment as a member of the Veterans’ Review Board.
(1) This section applies if: (a) an APS employee in an Agency is found to have breached the Code of Conduct; and (b) under paragraph 15(1)(e) of the Act, the Agency Head imposes on the employee the sanction of deduction from salary, by way of fine. (2) For the purposes of subsection 15(2) of the Act, the deduction must not be more than 2% of the APS employee’s annual salary.
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This instrument is the Public Service Regulations 2023.
This instrument is made under the Public Service Act 1999.
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) Agency Head;
(b) APS employment;
(c) Classification Rules;
(d) Code of Conduct;
(e) Commissioner’s Directions;
(ea) former Agency Head;
(eb) former APS employee;
(f) Merit Protection Commissioner.
In this instrument:
Act means the Public Service Act 1999.
action has the meaning given by subsection 33(7) of the Act.
affected employee has the meaning given by subsection 36(1).
affected former employee has the meaning given by subsection 73(1).
APS action has the meaning given by subsection 33(7) of the Act.
Australian Public Service Commissioner means the Australian Public Service Commissioner appointed under the Act.
classification means:
(a) in relation to an APS employee or APS employment—an approved classification within the meaning of the Classification Rules; or
(b) in relation to a Parliamentary Service employee—an approved classification within the meaning of the Parliamentary Service Classification Rules 2010 as in force at the commencement of this instrument.
debtor means any of the following who owes a judgment debt:
(a) a Secretary;
(b) the Head of an Executive Agency;
(c) an APS employee.
discloser has the same meaning as in the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013.
employer powers, for an Agency Head, means the rights, duties and powers of the Agency Head under the Act and instruments made under the Act.
employment means APS employment.
employment arrangement means any of the following:
(a) a fair work instrument;
(b) a transitional instrument;
(c) a determination made under subsection 24(1) or (3) of the Act;
(d) a written contract of employment.
external review body does not include a court or tribunal.
higher classification, in relation to an ongoing Parliamentary service employee, has the meaning given by section 6.
Independent Selection Advisory Committee (or ISAC) means an Independent Selection Advisory Committee established under Subdivision B of Division 2 of Part 6.
judgment debt has the meaning given by subsection 75(2) of the Act.
medical practitioner means a person who is registered, or licensed, as a health practitioner under a law of a State or Territory that provides for the registration or licensing of health practitioners.
member of the Fair Work Commission has the same meaning as FWC Member has in the Fair Work Act 2009.
merit pool means a pool of candidates for a vacancy, in respect of which each candidate included in the pool has been assessed as being suitable for the vacancy.
net salary of a debtor means the debtor’s total gross salary, less any amount to be deducted:
(a) to pay income tax; or
(b) to pay child support in accordance with the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989; or
(c) as a contribution that:
(i) the debtor is required to make to a superannuation fund relating to the debtor’s appointment or engagement as a Secretary, the Head of an Executive Agency or an APS employee; and
(ii) is the minimum amount required by law or the rules of the fund.
ongoing Parliamentary Service employee has the same meaning as in the Parliamentary Service Act 1999.
Parliamentary Service employee has the same meaning as in the Parliamentary Service Act 1999.
paying officer, in relation to a debtor, means a person appointed under section 90 in relation to the debtor.
personal information has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988.
promotion, for an ongoing APS employee, has the same meaning as in the Commissioner’s Directions.
public interest disclosure has the same meaning as in the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013.
Public Service Gazette means the Australian Public Service Gazette published in electronic form.
Note: The Public Service Gazette is accessible through the APSJobs website (http://www.apsjobs.gov.au).
ranked merit list means a list of candidates for a vacancy, in respect of which each candidate included in the list:
(a) has been assessed as suitable for the vacancy; and
(b) has been ranked in order of suitability.
ranked merit pool means a pool of candidates for a vacancy, in respect of which:
(a) each candidate included in the pool has been assessed as suitable for the vacancy and is assigned to a group of candidates with a similar suitability for the vacancy (whether or not the group consists of one or more persons); and
(b) each group is ranked in order of suitability.
relevant Agency Head, for a review of an APS action, means:
(a) if the action is an action by an Agency Head—the Agency Head; or
(b) if the action is an action by an APS employee—the Agency Head of the Agency in which the employee was employed at the time of the action.
relevant employment means employment as an ongoing APS employee at a classification mentioned in any of Groups 1 to 6 set out in Schedule 1 to the Classification Rules.
reviewable action has the meaning given by section 37.
similar vacancy has the same meaning as in the Commissioner’s Directions.
statutory office holder has the meaning given by subsection 14(3) of the Act.
total gross salary of a debtor means the total of:
(a) the amount of the debtor’s gross salary as a Secretary, the Head of an Executive Agency or an APS employee (not including any payment of compensation under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988); and
(b) the amount of the allowances, in the nature of salary, that are paid regularly to the debtor in connection with the debtor’s appointment or engagement as a Secretary, the Head of an Executive Agency or an APS employee;
without any reduction for salary sacrifice arrangements or other arrangements with a similar purpose.
transitional instrument has the same meaning as in the transitional Schedules to the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009.
transitional minimum wage instrument has the same meaning as in the transitional Schedules to the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009.
tribunal means a tribunal constituted under an enactment.
vacancy has the same meaning as in the Commissioner’s Directions.
work‑related qualities, in relation to a person, has the same meaning as in the Commissioner’s Directions.
A person who is an ongoing Parliamentary Service employee is engaged as an ongoing APS employee at a higher classification than the person’s classification as an ongoing Parliamentary Service employee immediately before the engagement if: (a) the person is engaged as an ongoing APS employee at a classification mentioned in column 1 of an item in the following table; and (b) immediately before the engagement, the person was engaged as an ongoing Parliamentary Service employee at the classification mentioned in column 2 of that item.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Meaning of </span><span style="font-style:italic">higher classification</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.18%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:39.96%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 1</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>APS Group classification</span></p></td><td style="width:48.86%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 2</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>Parliamentary Service Group classification</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:11.18%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:39.96%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11</span></p></td><td style="width:48.86%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.18%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:39.96%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11</span></p></td><td style="width:48.86%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.18%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:39.96%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11</span></p></td><td style="width:48.86%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.18%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:39.96%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11</span></p></td><td style="width:48.86%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.18%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:39.96%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11</span></p></td><td style="width:48.86%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.18%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>6</span></p></td><td style="width:39.96%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>7, 8, 9, 10, 11</span></p></td><td style="width:48.86%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>6</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.18%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>7</span></p></td><td style="width:39.96%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>8, 9, 10, 11</span></p></td><td style="width:48.86%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>7</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.18%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>8</span></p></td><td style="width:39.96%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>9, 10, 11</span></p></td><td style="width:48.86%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>8</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.18%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>9</span></p></td><td style="width:39.96%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>10, 11</span></p></td><td style="width:48.86%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>9</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.18%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>10</span></p></td><td style="width:39.96%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>11</span></p></td><td style="width:48.86%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>10</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
(1) This section is made for the purposes of subsection 13(13) of the Act. (2) This section does not affect other restrictions on the disclosure of information. (3) An APS employee must not disclose information that the APS employee obtains or generates in connection with the APS employee’s employment if it is reasonably foreseeable that the disclosure could be prejudicial to the effective working of government, including the formulation or implementation of policies or programs. (4) An APS employee must not disclose information that the APS employee obtains or generates in connection with the APS employee’s employment if the information: (a) was, or is to be, communicated in confidence within the government; or (b) was received in confidence by the government from a person or persons outside the government; whether or not the disclosure would found an action for breach of confidence. (5) Subsections (3) and (4) do not prevent a disclosure of information by an APS employee if: (a) the information is disclosed in the course of the APS employee’s duties; or (b) t
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