Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1999 - SECT 42

  (1)   Commissioner's Directions cannot create offences or impose penalties.

  (2)   Agency Heads and APS employees must comply with Commissioner's Directions.

  (3)   Commissioner's Directions may apply, adopt or incorporate (with or without modifications) any matter contained in the Classification Rules or a direction issued by the Prime Minister under section   21, either:

  (a)   as in force or existing at a particular time; or

  (b)   as in force or existing from time to time.

  (4)   Commissioner's Directions are legislative instruments.