Crime and Corruption (Reporting) Amendment Bill 2024 (Qld)

An Act to amend the Crime and Corruption Act 2001 for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Crime and Corruption (Reporting) Amendment Act 2024.

2 Commencement This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

3 Act amended This Act amends the Crime and Corruption Act 2001.

4 Amendment of s 35 (How commission performs its corruption functions) Section 35(1)— insert— (k) reporting in certain circumstances on completed corruption investigations; (l) making public statements about corruption in the public interest under part 6.

5 Amendment of s 50 (Commission may apply to QCAT about corrupt conduct) (1) Section 50(3), definition prescribed person, paragraph (b)— omit, insert— (b) a person— (i) who holds an appointment as a public sector employee in a unit of public administration; or (ii) who held an appointment as a public sector employee in a unit of public administration that ended after the corrupt conduct happened, regardless of whether the appointment ended before or after the start of a disciplinary proceeding for the conduct; or (2) Section 50(3), definition prescribed person— insert— (c) a person (other than an elected office holder, a judge, magistrate or other holder of judicial office, a member of the police service, or a public sector employee)— (i) who holds an appointment in a unit of public administration; or (ii) who held an appointment in a unit of public administration that ended after the corrupt conduct happened, regardless of whether the appointment ended before or after the start of a disciplinary proceeding for the conduct. (3) Section 50(3)— insert— public sector employee see the Public Sector Act 2022, section 12.