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
22 Section 5
Insert:
court/tribunal order has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988.
decision-maker for a conduct issue: see subsection 24CT(2).
detriment includes (without limitation) any of the following:
(a) dismissal of an employee;
(b) injury of an employee in their employment;
(c) alteration of an employee's position to their disadvantage;
(d) discrimination between an employee and other employees of the same employer;
(e) harassment or intimidation of a person;
(f) harm or injury to a person, including psychological harm;
(g) damage to a person's property;
(h) damage to a person's reputation;
(i) damage to a person's business or financial position;
(j) any other damage to a person.
employer , for a respondent, means:
(a) if the respondent is a MOPS employee - the employing individual (within the meaning of the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984) for the respondent; or
(b) otherwise - the person who employs the respondent in the respondent's capacity as a Commonwealth parliamentary workplace participant.
engage in conduct means:
(a) do an act; or
(b) omit to perform an act.
entrusted person means:
(a) the CEO; or
(b) a Commissioner; or
(c) a person referred to in section 40A (persons assisting the IPSC); or
(d) a person referred to in section 40B (consultants).
final report means a report prepared under section 24CZ.
identifying information means information that identifies, or is likely to enable the identification of, a person.
investigating Commissioner for a conduct issue: see subsection 24CD(2).
IPSC means the Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission established by section 24B.
IPSC public statement means a statement under Division 7 of Part 2A.
legal practitioner means a barrister, a solicitor, a barrister and solicitor or a legal practitioner of the High Court or of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory.
original decision : see subsection 24DD(1).
parliamentarian decision panel for a conduct issue: see subsection 24CS(1).
Parliamentary Department means any of the following:
(a) the Department of the Senate;
(b) the Department of the House of Representatives;
(c) the Department of Parliamentary Services;
(d) the Parliamentary Budget Office.
parliamentary sanction , in relation to a member of a House of the Parliament, means:
(a) the suspension of the member for a period of no more than the maximum period for which a member of that House may be suspended under the standing orders of that House; or
(b) the discharge of the member from a committee of one or both Houses of the Parliament; or
(c) a deduction from the member's annual base salary (within the meaning of the Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017), by way of fine, of an amount that is more than 2%, but less than 5%, of that salary.
post-Code conduct : see subsection 24AB(2).
pre-Code conduct : see subsection 24AB(1).
Presiding Officer means:
(a) the President of the Senate or a person covered by paragraph 6(1)(d); or
(b) the Speaker of the House of Representatives or a person covered by paragraph 6(1)(e).
protected disclosure : see section 24H.
referrer , for a conduct issue referral, means the person who makes the referral.