Financial Management Regulations 2024

In conducting an investigation, including any interview of the relevant employee—

the procedure is at the discretion of the investigator; and

the investigation must be conducted in private with as little formality and technicality and with as much expedition as the matters being investigated permit; and

the investigator is not bound by the rules of evidence; and

any reasonable written request by the relevant employee for the inclusion of a witness in the investigation must be agreed to by the investigator.

In any interview of the relevant employee, the relevant employee must be—

given a reasonable opportunity to make oral submissions; and

invited to make a further written submission.