Part 1Preliminary provisions
Public service values, minimum standards of integrity and conduct, and New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: Public service values and minimum standards of integrity and conduct
17Commissioner may set minimum standards of integrity and conduct
The Commissioner may set minimum standards of integrity and conduct, including standards relating to—
- the public service values:
- the public service principles.
Those minimum standards may apply in or to—
- the public service (including Crown agents):
- Crown entities (other than Crown agents and excluding tertiary education institutions, and Crown Research Institutes and their subsidiaries):
- companies named in Schedule 4A of the Public Finance Act 1989:
- the Parliamentary Counsel Office.
The Commissioner may vary the application of minimum standards, as the Commissioner thinks fit, in light of the legal, commercial, or operational context, in or to any of the following:
- 1 or more of the agencies in the categories listed in subsection (2):
- particular individuals or groups in 1 or more of those agencies who—
- are carrying out particular functions:
- are a board:
- are board members:
- are office holders:
- are chief executives:
- are employees:
- are individuals working as contractors or secondees.
- are carrying out particular functions:
When applying or varying the application of a minimum standard, the Commissioner must consult on the proposed content of that standard with all agencies in or to which it will apply.
Minimum standards and variations must be in writing but may be set out in any form that the Commissioner thinks fit.
All minimum standards must be notified to the agencies in or to which they apply and, if the Commissioner varies the application of a standard in any case, the variation must also be notified to the agency concerned.
The Commissioner may also provide advice to agencies in the State services (except Crown Research Institutes and their subsidiaries) on matters that affect the integrity and conduct of individuals (including, for example, the interpretation of minimum standards in particular cases).
Compare
- 1988 No 20 s 57