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.