Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Commission may determine that a person is not entitled to a separation payment under section 7E if the Commission makes a finding under the Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Act 2024 that the person—
(a) has engaged in serious parliamentary misconduct; or
(b) has engaged, is engaging or proposes to engage in improper conduct; or
(c) has taken, is taking or proposes to take detrimental action against a person in contravention of section 45 of the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 .
(2) A determination under subsection (1) must be made by written notice to the person who is the subject of the determination.
(3) The Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Commission must provide a copy of a determination under subsection (1) to the Clerk of the relevant House of the Parliament.
(4) A person who is the subject of a determination under subsection (1) is not entitled to appeal to the Compliance Officer against the determination.
(5) A separation payment made to a person who is the subject of a determination under subsection (1)—
(a) becomes a debt due to the State; and
(b) may be recovered by the Clerk of the relevant House of the Parliament as a debt due to the State in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(6) In this section—
"improper conduct" has the same meaning as in the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 ;
"Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Commission" means the body established by section 42 of the Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Act 2024 ;
"serious parliamentary misconduct" has the same meaning as in the Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Act 2024 .
Pt 2 Div. 3 (Heading and s. 7F) inserted by No. 5/2019 s. 56.
Division 3—The Budget
S. 7F inserted by No. 5/2019 s. 56.