Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2013A00004:clause:1_37
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2013A00004
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 37
Character Range: 25765–27718

37  At the end of section 16
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Whistleblower reports made to Secretaries etc.
 (2) A Secretary must establish procedures for:
 (a) a Parliamentary Service employee to make a report (a whistleblower report) of a breach (or an alleged breach) of the Code of Conduct to the Secretary or to a person authorised for the purposes of this section by the Secretary; and
 (b) a Secretary to deal with a whistleblower report made to the Secretary or to a person authorised for the purposes of this section by the Secretary.
Note: The procedures may be in a single document.
 (3) Procedures established under subsection (2) must comply with basic procedural requirements (if any) prescribed by the determinations.
 (4) Procedures established under subsection (2) are not legislative instruments.

Whistleblower reports made to the Commissioner or Merit Protection Commissioner etc.
 (5) The determinations may prescribe either or both of the following:
 (a) procedures for a Parliamentary Service employee to make a report (also a whistleblower report) of a breach (or an alleged breach) of the Code of Conduct to the Commissioner or the Merit Protection Commissioner or to a person authorised for the purposes of this section by the Commissioner or the Merit Protection Commissioner;
 (b) basic procedural requirements that the Commissioner and the Merit Protection Commissioner must comply with in dealing with a whistleblower report.

Circumstances for declining to inquire, or discontinuing an inquiry, into a whistleblower report
 (6) The determinations may prescribe circumstances in which the Commissioner, the Merit Protection Commissioner or a Secretary may:
 (a) decline to conduct an inquiry into a whistleblower report; or
 (b) discontinue an inquiry into a whistleblower report.

Application of section to the Parliamentary Librarian
 (7) This section applies to the Parliamentary Librarian as if he or she were a Parliamentary Service employee.