Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) This section is made for the purposes of section 28 of the Act.
(2) An Agency Head may suspend an APS employee employed in the Agency from duties if the Agency Head believes on reasonable grounds that:
(a) the employee has, or may have, breached the Code of Conduct; and
(b) the employee's suspension is in the public, or the Agency's, interest.
(3) The suspension may be with remuneration.
(4) If the suspension is to be without remuneration, the period without remuneration must not be more than 30 days unless exceptional circumstances apply.
(5) The Agency Head must review the suspension at reasonable intervals.
(6) The Agency Head must immediately end the suspension if the Agency Head no longer believes on reasonable grounds that:
(a) the APS employee has, or may have, breached the Code of Conduct; or
(b) the employee's suspension is in the public, or the Agency's, interest.
(7) The Agency Head must immediately end the suspension if a sanction has been imposed on the APS employee for the relevant breach of the Code of Conduct.
(8) In exercising powers under this section, the Agency Head must have due regard to procedural fairness unless the Agency Head is satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that this would not be appropriate in the particular circumstances.