Public Service Act 1999
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Public Service Act 1999 canonical | 4 |
| Public Service Act 1999 (Australia) | 1 |
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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
NERFINISHED
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Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
APS agencies
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APS employees ⓘ Australian Public Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
APS Employment Principles NERFINISHED ⓘ Australian Public Service Values NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enactedBy | Parliament of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| establishesFrameworkFor |
employment in the Australian Public Service
ⓘ
management of the Australian Public Service ⓘ |
| establishesOffice | Australian Public Service Commissioner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governsRoleOf |
Secretaries of Departments
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Senior Executive Service employees ⓘ agency heads ⓘ |
| hasCitation | No. 147, 1999 ⓘ |
| implementsPrinciple |
accountability of the APS
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ethical behaviour in the APS ⓘ merit-based employment in the APS ⓘ non-partisanship of the APS ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setsOut |
grounds for termination of APS employment
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requirements for APS integrity and conduct ⓘ requirements for APS recruitment and promotion ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Public Service Act 1999 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
public administration
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public sector employment ⓘ |
| typeOfLaw | framework legislation ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1999 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Public Service Act 1999 Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Secretary of the Department of Defence (Australia)
this entity surface form:
Public Service Act 1999 (Australia)