Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

INTEGRITY COMMISSION ACT 2018 - SECT 106

    (1)     In this Act:

"referral entity" means any of the following:

        (a)     the Speaker;

        (b)     the auditor-general;

        (c)     the ombudsman;

        (d)     the chief police officer;

        (e)     the head of service;

        (f)     a director-general;

        (g)     a statutory office-holder;

        (h)     the Legislative Assembly commissioner for standards.

    (2)     In this section:

"Speaker" includes, if the Speaker is unavailable, the Deputy Speaker.

"unavailable"—the Speaker is unavailable if—

        (a)     the Speaker is absent from duty; or

        (b)     there is a vacancy in the office of Speaker; or

        (c)     the Speaker has an actual or perceived conflict of interest that would prevent the Speaker from properly carrying out the functions of Speaker under this Act; or

        (d)     the Speaker cannot for any reason exercise the functions of the Speaker.