Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SECTOR ETHICS ACT 1994 - SECT 14

14 Contents of codes

(1) A code of conduct for a public sector entity may contain anything the responsible authority for the entity considers necessary or useful for achieving the purpose of a code of conduct.

(2) In particular, a code may provide conduct obligations public officials must comply with.

(3) A code also may contain—

(a) information explaining the purpose of—

(i) the ethics values generally or a particular ethics value; or

(ii) standards of conduct generally or a particular standard of conduct; and

(b) information explaining the object intended to be achieved by the application of—

(i) the ethics values generally or a particular ethics value; or

(ii) standards of conduct generally or a particular standard of conduct; and

(c) guidelines about the application of an ethics principle, value or standard of conduct; and

(d) examples of the operation of an ethics principle, value or standard of conduct; and

(e) explanatory notes about an ethics principle, value or standard of conduct; and

(f) references to Acts applying to public officials in performing their official functions.