Australian Capital Territory
Public Sector Management Amendment Standards 2009
Disallowable instrument DI2009-46
made under the
Public Sector Management Act 1994, s 251 (Management Standards)

I amend the Standards as set out below.

Liesl Centenera
Acting Commissioner for Public Administration

05/02/2009

Approved under the Public Sector Management Act 1994, s 251 (Management Standards)

Jon Stanhope
Chief Minister

12/02/2009

Australian Capital Territory
Public Sector Management Amendment Standards 2009
Disallowable instrument DI2009-46
made under the
Public Sector Management Act 1994, s 251 (Management Standards)

    
    
Contents
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	1	Name of instrument	1
	2	Commencement	1
	3	Legislation amended	1
	4	Division 3.11.1	1

1	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Public Sector Management Amendment Standards 2009.
2	Commencement 
This instrument commences on the day after its notification day.
3	Legislation amended
This instrument amends the Public Sector Management Standards 2006.
4	Division 3.11.1
substitute
247	Operation with the Public Sector Management Act 1994
	(1)	This part provides for equal employment opportunity programs in accordance with the Act, section 39 and 40.
	(2)	Equal employment opportunity programs provided for in this part are approved programs under the Act, section 65(3)
	(3)	The Disability Employment Program in division 3.11.2 is a prescribed scheme under the Act, section 109.
Division 3.11.1	Indigenous Traineeship Program
247A 	Interpretation – div. 3.11.1
In this division:
ASO means Administrative Services Officer.
relevant collective agreement means the collective agreement made under the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) that applies to an administrative unit or part of an administrative unit.
247B	Eligibility
Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders who are eligible for appointment to the service under the Act, section 68 are eligible to participate in the Indigenous Traineeship Program.
247C	Selection
	(1)	Successful applicants to the Indigenous Traineeship Program will be appointed in order of merit based on the reports of selection committees.
	(2)	Except where special arrangements have been approved by the Commissioner, relative suitability of applicants will be decided by reference to one or more of:
	(a)	expressions of interest
	(b)	participation in a program preparing the applicant for full time work
	(c)	interviews.
247D	Classification on appointment
Appointees to the Indigenous Traineeship Program will be appointed as an Indigenous Trainee.
247E	Salary on appointment
	(1)	The salary payable to an Indigenous Trainee is equivalent to the base salary payable to an ASO Class 1 under the relevant collective agreement.
	(2)	The salary payable to an Indigenous Trainee is not reduced if the participant is under 21 years of age.
247F	Advancement
	(1)	Indigenous Trainees may be advanced within the service on successful completion of the Program and one or more of:
	(a)	a Certificate II in Information Technology; or
	(b)	a Certificate II in Business Administration; or
	(c)	a Certificate III in Information Technology; or
	(d)	a Certificate III in Business Administration.

Endnotes
1	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act 2001 on 9 April 2009.
2	Republication of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

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