Corruption, misconduct and maladministration

Current

(1)

Corruption in public administration means conduct that constitutes—

(a)

an offence against Part 7 Division 4 (Offences relating to public officers) of the Criminal

Law Consolidation Act 1935, which includes the following offences:

(i)

bribery or corruption of public officers;

(ii)

threats or reprisals against public officers;

(iii)

abuse of public office;

(iv)

demanding or requiring benefit on basis of public office;

(v)

offences relating to appointment to public office; or

(b)

an offence against the Public

Sector (Honesty and Accountability) Act 1995 or the Public

Corporations Act 1993, or an attempt to commit such an offence; or

(ba)

an offence against the Lobbyists

Act 2015, or an attempt to commit such an offence; or

(d)

any of the following in relation to an offence referred to in a preceding paragraph:

(i)

aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of the offence;

(ii)

inducing, whether by threats or promises or otherwise, the commission of the offence;

(iii)

being in any way, directly or indirectly, knowingly concerned in, or party to, the commission of the offence;

(iv)

conspiring with others to effect the commission of the offence.

(3)

In this Act—

maladministration in public administration has the same meaning as in the Ombudsman

Act 1972;

and

misconduct in public administration has the same meaning as in the Ombudsman

Act 1972.

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