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
69 After subsection 61(5)
Insert:
(5A) Subsection (1) does not apply to a disclosure of information by the IPSC to a person or entity if:
(a) the information relates to a conduct complaint or a conduct issue referral; and
(b) the person or entity is the employer of:
(i) the complainant; or
(ii) the respondent for the conduct issue concerned; and
(c) the complainant does not consent to the disclosure.
(5B) Subsections (1) and (1A) do not apply to a disclosure of information by the IPSC to the Australian Federal Police, or the police force or police service of a State or Territory, if the information relates to a conduct issue involving conduct that may constitute a serious offence against a person, unless:
(a) the person consents to the disclosure; or
(b) the disclosure is for the purposes of deciding how to deal with the issue; or
(c) the disclosure is required by or under another law of the Commonwealth, a law of a State or a Territory, or a court/tribunal order.