Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Act 2023

The decision‑maker must prepare a draft report on the investigation.

The decision‑maker for the conduct issue is:

if the respondent is a current or former parliamentarian—the parliamentarian decision panel for the issue; or

otherwise—the investigating Commissioner.

If the decision‑maker is a parliamentarian decision panel:

the investigating Commissioner must provide to the panel relevant evidence and other material gathered during the investigation; and

the panel may request the investigating Commissioner to obtain such other evidence or material about the conduct issue as the panel requires; and

the panel must consider the evidence and other material in preparing the draft report.