Procedures for determining a breach of the Code of Conduct (Staff Misconduct)
The Public Service Act 1999 prescribes the standards of behaviour and conduct expected of all public service employees. These are expressed in the APS Code of Conduct (the Code), APS Values (the Values) and the APS Employment Principles (Employment Principles). These procedures outline how the ARC handles allegations of a suspected breach of the Code, how it determines whether there has been a breach of the Code and how it addresses a breach.