Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1971

Reportable conduct is the following conduct, whether or not a criminal proceeding in relation to the conduct has been commenced or concluded and whether the conduct occurred before, on or after commencement day —

a sexual offence;

sexual misconduct;

a physical assault committed against, with or in the presence of, a child;

significant neglect of a child;

any behaviour that causes significant emotional or psychological harm to a child;

an offence prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.

However, reportable conduct does not include conduct that is —

reasonable for the discipline, management or care of a child or of another person in the presence of a child, having regard to —

the characteristics of the child, including the age, health and developmental stage of the child; and

any relevant code of conduct or professional standard that at the time applied to the discipline, management or care of the child or the other person;

trivial or negligible and that has been or will be investigated and recorded as part of another workplace procedure; or

of a class or kind exempt from being reportable conduct under section 19N(1).

For the purposes of this section, conduct includes an act or omission.