Public Service Act 1999

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Australian federal statute public service legislation

The Public Service Act 1999 is an Australian federal law that establishes the framework, values, and employment principles for the Australian Public Service and its departments.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Public Service Act 1999 canonical	7
Public Service Act 1999 (Cth)	3
Public Service Act 1999 (Australia)	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5637074 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Public Service Act 1999
Context triple: [Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, governedBy, Public Service Act 1999]

A. Health Act 1999
The Health Act 1999 is a UK law that introduced wide-ranging reforms to the National Health Service, including new structures for managing and delivering healthcare services.
B. Legal Services Act 2007
The Legal Services Act 2007 is a major UK statute that reformed the regulation of legal services, introducing new oversight bodies and frameworks to promote competition, consumer protection, and independent regulation of lawyers.
C. Council of State Act
The Council of State Act is the Dutch statute that defines the composition, powers, and procedures of the Netherlands’ highest advisory body to the government and supreme administrative court.
D. Public Records Act 1958
The Public Records Act 1958 is a key UK law that sets out how government records are created, managed, preserved, and made available to the public, forming the foundation of the modern public archives system.
E. Local Government Act 1992
The Local Government Act 1992 is a UK law that reorganized local government structures in England and Wales, leading to the creation of new unitary authorities and changes to existing council boundaries and responsibilities.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Public Service Act 1999
Target entity description: The Public Service Act 1999 is an Australian federal law that establishes the framework, values, and employment principles for the Australian Public Service and its departments.

A. Health Act 1999
The Health Act 1999 is a UK law that introduced wide-ranging reforms to the National Health Service, including new structures for managing and delivering healthcare services.
B. Legal Services Act 2007
The Legal Services Act 2007 is a major UK statute that reformed the regulation of legal services, introducing new oversight bodies and frameworks to promote competition, consumer protection, and independent regulation of lawyers.
C. Council of State Act
The Council of State Act is the Dutch statute that defines the composition, powers, and procedures of the Netherlands’ highest advisory body to the government and supreme administrative court.
D. Public Records Act 1958
The Public Records Act 1958 is a key UK law that sets out how government records are created, managed, preserved, and made available to the public, forming the foundation of the modern public archives system.
E. Local Government Act 1992
The Local Government Act 1992 is a UK law that reorganized local government structures in England and Wales, leading to the creation of new unitary authorities and changes to existing council boundaries and responsibilities.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Australian federal statute ⓘ public service legislation ⓘ
administeredBy	Australian Public Service Commission ⓘ Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet ⓘ
appliesTo	APS agencies ⓘ APS employees ⓘ Australian Public Service ⓘ
basisFor	APS Code of Conduct investigations ⓘ APS performance management frameworks ⓘ APS sanctions for misconduct ⓘ
commencedInYear	1999 ⓘ
containsPart	provisions on APS Code of Conduct ⓘ provisions on APS Employment Principles ⓘ provisions on APS Values ⓘ provisions on Senior Executive Service ⓘ provisions on agency heads ⓘ provisions on the Australian Public Service Commissioner ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
defines	APS Code of Conduct ⓘ APS Employment Principles ⓘ Australian Public Service Values ⓘ linked to: Australian Public Service
enactedBy	Parliament of Australia ⓘ
establishesFrameworkFor	employment in the Australian Public Service ⓘ management of the Australian Public Service ⓘ
establishesOffice	Australian Public Service Commissioner ⓘ
governsRoleOf	Secretaries of Departments ⓘ Senior Executive Service employees ⓘ agency heads ⓘ
hasCitation	No. 147, 1999 ⓘ
implementsPrinciple	accountability of the APS ⓘ ethical behaviour in the APS ⓘ merit-based employment in the APS ⓘ non-partisanship of the APS ⓘ
jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
regulates	APS employment ⓘ APS misconduct processes ⓘ APS performance management ⓘ APS staffing powers ⓘ merit-based selection in the APS ⓘ
replaced	Public Service Act 1922 ⓘ
setsOut	grounds for termination of APS employment ⓘ requirements for APS integrity and conduct ⓘ requirements for APS recruitment and promotion ⓘ
shortTitle	Public Service Act 1999 ⓘ
subjectMatter	public administration ⓘ public sector employment ⓘ
typeOfLaw	framework legislation ⓘ
yearEnacted	1999 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet → governedBy → Public Service Act 1999 ⓘ

Australian Public Service → governedBy → Public Service Act 1999 ⓘ

Australian Public Service → hasLegalFramework → Public Service Act 1999 ⓘ

Commonwealth agencies → governedBy → Public Service Act 1999 ⓘ

Secretary of the Department of Defence (Australia) → legalBasis → Public Service Act 1999 (Australia) ⓘ

subject linked to: Secretary of the Department of Defence