This Act has several purposes. You will see it is meant to modernise the public service. It also aims to set out the shared purpose and values of the public service. The Act wants to help the public service work better together. It does this by setting out how the public service should operate. You can think of the public service like a big team working for the community. This Act wants to make sure the team works well together. It also wants to make sure the team is working in the best way possible. The Act applies to the public service and some other areas of government. The Act is based on some important ideas. One of these is that the public service should always try to act with a spirit of service to the community. This means the public service should always be working for the good of the community. You can compare this to an earlier law to see how things have changed. The Act has a few main goals. It wants to help the public service work better and be more modern. It also wants to make sure the public service is working for the community. This is an important part of how the public service operates.
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"What the Public Service Act 2020 is about"
The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.
Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.
This Act is administered by the Public Service Commission.
