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Public Service Act 2020

People working in public service - Public service chief executives, system leaders, and public service leadership team - System leaders

57: Standards and guidance

You could also call this:

"Rules and advice for government agencies to follow"

A system leader can set standards for their area if the Minister agrees. You need to know that these standards are only for public service agencies. The system leader and the Minister must put the standards in writing.

A system leader can also give guidance for their area. This guidance applies to all State services, not just public service agencies. The guidance must also be in writing.

Chief executives are in charge of making sure their agencies follow the standards. They must make their agencies implement the standards that apply to them. This helps keep everything consistent and fair.

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Public service chief executives, system leaders, and public service leadership team: System leaders

57Standards and guidance

  1. If the appropriate Minister agrees, a system leader may set standards relating to the particular subject matter area that they lead and co-ordinate.

  2. A system leader may also issue guidance relating to that particular subject matter area.

  3. The standards and guidance must be in writing.

  4. Those standards apply only in or to public service agencies.

  5. Chief executives must ensure that the agencies that they lead or carry out some functions within implement the standards that apply in or to them.

  6. Guidance issued by a system leader applies in or to all State services.