Interpretation

Current

(1)

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—

Australian

Parliament means—

(a)

the

Parliament of this State or any other State of the Commonwealth; or

(b)

the

Parliament of the Commonwealth; or

(c)

Legislative Assembly of a Territory of the Commonwealth;

Commission means the Independent Commission Against Corruption;

Commissioner means the person holding or acting in the office of the Independent

Commissioner Against Corruption;

complaint about public administration includes—

(a)

a complaint alleging corruption, misconduct or maladministration in public administration; and

(b)

any complaint about a public authority or public officer;

contract work means work performed by a person as a contractor or as an employee of a contractor or otherwise directly or indirectly on behalf of a contractor;

contravention includes failure to comply;

corruption in public administration—see section 5;

Director of OPI means the person holding or acting in the office of the Director of

OPI under Part 3;

disciplinary action includes any process for termination of employment or dismissal from office;

document includes a written record that reproduces in an understandable form information stored by computer, microfilm or other process;

examiner—see section 14;

inquiry agency means—

(a)

the

Commission;

(b)

the

Ombudsman;

(c)

the

Judicial Conduct Commissioner;

investigator—see section 14;

judicial body means a court, tribunal, body or person invested by law with judicial or quasi‑judicial powers;

Judicial

Conduct Commissioner means the person for the time being holding or acting in the office of Judicial Conduct Commissioner under the Judicial

Conduct Commissioner Act 2015;

judicial officer means a person who alone or with others constitutes a judicial body;

law enforcement agency means—

(a)

the

Australian Crime Commission; or

(b)

the

Australian Federal Police; or

(c)

the

Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity; or

(d)

South

Australia Police; or

(f)

the police force of another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth; or

(g)

in relation to New South Wales—the Crime Commission, the Independent

Commission Against Corruption, the Inspector of the Independent

Commission Against Corruption, the Police Integrity Commission or the Inspector of the Police Integrity Commission; or

(h)

in relation to Queensland—the Crime and Corruption Commission; or

(i)

in relation to Tasmania—the Integrity Commission; or

(j)

in relation to Victoria—the Office of Police Integrity, the

Independent Broad‑based Anti‑corruption Commission or the Independent Broad‑based Anti‑corruption Commission

Committee; or

(k)

in relation to Western Australia—the Corruption and Crime Commission or the Parliamentary Inspector of the Corruption and Crime

Commission; or

(l)

Royal Commission of the Commonwealth, the State or another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth; or

(m)

a person or body declared by regulation to be a law enforcement agency;

local government body means a council or a subsidiary of a council established under the

Local

Government Act 1999;

maladministration in public administration—see section 5;

Minister responsible for a public authority—see

Schedule 1;

Minister responsible for an inquiry agency means the Minister responsible for administration of the Act under which the agency is constituted or, if some other Minister is declared by regulation to be responsible for the agency, that

Minister;

misconduct in public administration—see section 5;

Office means the Office for Public Integrity;

personal details of a person means—

(a)

the person's full name; and

(b)

the person's date of birth; and

(c)

the address of where the person is living; and

(d)

the address of where the person usually lives; and

(e)

the person's business address;

prescribed offence means corruption in public administration or an offence against this

Act;

public administration—without limiting the acts that may comprise public administration, an administrative act within the meaning of the Ombudsman

Act 1972 will be taken to be carried out in the course of public administration;

public authority—see

Schedule 1;

public officer—see

Schedule 1;

public sector agency has the same meaning as in the Public

Sector Act 2009;

public sector employee has the same meaning as in the Public

Sector Act 2009;

publish means publish by—

(a)

newspaper, radio or television; or

(b)

internet or other electronic means of creating and sharing content with the public or participating in social networking with the public; or

(c)

any similar means of communication to the public;

seconded—a police officer or special constable is seconded to assist the

Commissioner for the purposes of this Act if the police officer or special constable is employed in accordance with an arrangement whereby the police officer or special constable is granted leave without pay in relation to his or her appointment under the Police

Act 1998 for the purpose of being engaged as an employee under section 12 of this Act;

statement of information—see section 28;

vehicle means a vehicle, vessel or aircraft and includes a caravan, trailer and anything attached to a vehicle.

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