Australian Capital Territory
Public Sector Management Amendment Standards 2009 (No 8)
Disallowable instrument DI2009-222
made under the
Public Sector Management Act 1994, s 251 (Management Standards)

    
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

This amendment amends section 40 of the Public Sector Management Standards to introduce the power for the Commissioner for Public Administration (Commissioner) to waive the requirement for an independent job evaluation of a chief executive office in certain circumstances.  

The Commissioner may only exercise the new power under section 40 in relation to a chief executive office when it is first created in a newly established administrative unit.

The Commissioner may only exercise the new power under section 40 if the office is to be filled on a short term basis under section 30 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994.  The amendment is intended to retain the requirement for an independent job evaluation before a person can be engaged in a chief executive position on a long term basis under section 28 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994.