Australian Capital Territory

PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT ACT 1994

Public Sector Management Amendment Standards 2002 (No 2)

Disallowable Instrument No DI 2002-139

Under section 251 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 (the Act), I APPROVE the amending of the Management Standard made by Instrument 1/1994 as subsequently amended, as set out in Schedule A to this Instrument.

Ted Quinlan MLA
ACTING CHIEF MINISTER

Dated this           4th	day of          July	2002

Under section 251 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994, I AMEND those parts of the relevant Management Standards as specified in Schedule A to this Instrument.

Richard Grant Moss
Commissioner for Public Administration

Dated this                16th	day of            July	2002

SCHEDULE A TO DISALLOWABLE INSTRUMENT No DI 2002-139

COLUMN 1	COLUMN 2	COLUMN 3	
PART	INSTRUMENT	AMENDMENT DESCRIPTION	
Part	Page	Part/Rule Description	Number
	Date		
Standard 3
Part 18	61	Part 18- Personal leave
Rule 15-Medical Examination	1/1994	1/7/94	Amend Standard 3 Part 18 Rule 15 as set out in the attachment.

15.	Medical examination

A Chief Executive may require an officer to obtain and furnish a report, or consent to the provision of a report, as to their medical condition from an authorised medical practitioner at any time to determine fitness to resume duties after a period of illness.

If an officer has been ill continuously for thirteen weeks the grant of further personal leave must be subject to the officer furnishing a report after being examined by an authorised medical practitioner.  An officer must not return to work after such an absence until the practitioner has determined that the officer is fit to resume duty.

If a Chief Executive doubts the cause of illness or absence, the Chief Executive may direct an officer to attend a doctor for a medical examination, or instruct a doctor to visit and examine the officer.  An officer must submit to a medical examination and furnish the Chief Executive with a medical report, or consent to the provision of that report to the Chief Executive, when requested.

The fee payable for the medical examination must be deducted from the officer’s salary if, in the opinion of a Chief Executive the doctor’s report is not favourable to the officer, or the officer does not make herself or himself available for the examination without reasonable cause.