DPS is established as a department under the Parliamentary Service
Act 1999 (PS Act). The PS Act provides that the department consists
of a Secretary of the department, together with the Parliamentary
Librarian and Parliamentary Service employees assisting the Secretary
and the Parliamentary Librarian. The Secretary is the Accountable
Authority and is the leader of DPS. DPS reports to the Presiding
Officers of the Parliament (the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the President of the Senate).
The Parliamentary Librarian is the holder of a statutory office
established by authority of the PS Act. The Parliamentary Librarian
reports directly to the Presiding Officers—and to the Joint Standing
Committee on the Parliamentary Library—in respect of her statutory functions.
Figure 2: DPS Organisation Chart (as at 30 June 2018)