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Public Service Act 1999 Advice No. 28: Application of the APS Code of Conduct to certain statutory office holders
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Attachment 3: APS Code of Conduct
1.An APS employee must behave honestly and with integrity in the course of APS employment.
2.An APS employee must act with care and diligence in the course of APS employment.
3.An APS employee, when acting in the course of APS employment, must treat everyone with respect and courtesy, and without harassment.
4.An APS employee, when acting in the course of APS employment, must comply with all applicable Australian laws. For this purpose, Australian law means:
- any Act (including this Act), or any instrument made under an Act; or
- any law of a State or Territory, including any instrument made under such a law.
5.An APS employee must comply with any lawful and reasonable direction given by someone in the employee's Agency who has authority to give the direction.
6.An APS employee must maintain appropriate confidentiality about dealings that the employee has with any Minister or Minister's member of staff.
7.An APS employee must disclose, and take reasonable steps to avoid, any conflict of interest (real or apparent) in connection with APS employment.
8.An APS employee must use Commonwealth resources in a proper manner.
9.An APS employee must not provide false or misleading information in response to a request for information that is made for official purposes in connection with the employee's APS employment.
10.An APS employee must not make improper use of:
- inside information; or
- the employee's duties, status, power or authority; in order to gain, or seek to gain, a benefit or advantage for the employee or for any other person.
11.An APS employee must at all times behave in a way that upholds the APS Values and the integrity and good reputation of the APS.
12.An APS employee on duty overseas must at all times behave in a way that upholds the good reputation of Australia.
13.An APS employee must comply with any other conduct requirement that is prescribed by the regulations.
Section 13 Public Service Act 1999
An APS employee, except in the course of his or her duties as an APS employee or with the Agency Head's express authority, must not give or disclose, directly or indirectly, any information about public business or anything of which the employee has official knowledge.
Proposed Public Service Regulation
