Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Amendment (Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission) Act 2024 (86 of 2024)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Part 2   Amendments commencing on Proclamation

Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Act 2023

24   Section 5

Insert:

respondent for a conduct issue: see subsection 24AA(2).

responsible Commissioner or Commissioners : see section 24AE.

review decision : see subsection 24DD(5).

review panel : see subsection 24DD(1).

Secretary , in relation to a Parliamentary Department, means the Secretary of that Department for the purposes of the Parliamentary Service Act 1999.

sensitive information means information the disclosure of which:

(a) could prejudice the security, defence or international relations of Australia; or

(b) would prejudice relations between:

(i) the Commonwealth Government and the Government of a State or Territory; or

(ii) the Government of a State or Territory and the Government of another State or Territory; or

(c) would involve disclosing:

(i) deliberations or decisions of the Cabinet, or of any committee of the Cabinet, of the Commonwealth or of a State; or

(ii) deliberations or advice of the Federal Executive Council or the Executive Council of a State or the Northern Territory; or

(iii) deliberations or decisions of the Australian Capital Territory Executive or of a committee of that Executive; or

(d) could endanger a person's life or physical safety; or

(e) could prejudice the protection of public safety; or

(f) would prejudice the fair trial of any person or the impartial adjudication of a matter; or

(g) would prejudice the proper enforcement of the law; or

(h) would involve disclosing information whose disclosure is prohibited (absolutely or subject to qualifications) by or under another law of the Commonwealth; or

(i) would involve unreasonably disclosing a person's personal information; or

(j) would involve unreasonably disclosing confidential commercial information.

serious breach finding , in relation to the respondent for a conduct issue: see paragraph 24CY(1)(d).

serious offence means:

(a) an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory involving assault or sexual assault; or

(b) any other offence prescribed by the PWSS rules.

State or Territory law enforcement entity means:

(a) a police force or police service of a State or Territory; or

(b) any other authority or person responsible for the enforcement of the laws of a State or Territory.

support person , for a person, means someone approved as a support person for that person under subsection 24FC(4) or 24FI(2).

work health and safety law means:

(a) the Work Health and Safety Act 2011; or

(b) a corresponding WHS law (within the meaning of that Act).