Victoria’s 2025 Review of Actions Regulations: identify the decision and check the deadline

The Public Administration (Review of Actions) Regulations 2025 commenced on 14 December 2025 and replaced the 2015 regulations. The in-force version checked is 001. The regulations are binding subordinate legislation; agency guidance is not a substitute.

How the process works

Public service body heads must provide procedures for eligible employment actions alleged to be unfair or inconsistent with the Public Administration Act or employment standards. Set out the action, decision-maker, dates, grounds and remedy sought. The process requires procedural fairness, reasonable inquiries and written reasons. The Commission’s process review is not a general merits appeal.

The employer’s initial lodgement period must be at least seven days for a proposed appointment or promotion and 28 days otherwise. The Commission process-review pathway ordinarily has seven- or 28-day limits, respectively. If the initial review has not commenced within 30 days, a separate route may be available, ordinarily within 70 days of the initial application. Late acceptance may be possible, but do not rely on it. Check the applicable trigger, exclusions and local procedure before calculating any date.

What to keep in corrections

Save the decision, notification date, relevant standard and the written outcome you want. Keep proof of lodgement. Review of actions, an enterprise-agreement dispute and a dismissal or other external claim are not interchangeable; one process does not necessarily protect another deadline.

Read the current official regulations and the authorised PDF. The authorised PDF is linked rather than republished. General information, not advice about your deadline.