Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00724:section:24cy:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00724
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 24CY (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 87558–89748

decision of the decision‑maker (see subsection 24DD(6)).

Recommendations that may be made
 (4) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the following recommendations may be made:
 (a) if the respondent is a MOPS employee—a recommendation for the respondent's employer to take any of the following actions within a specified period:
 (i) give the respondent a written reprimand;
 (ii) require the respondent to undertake training or professional development;
 (iii) require the respondent to enter into an agreement with the employer about the respondent's future behaviour;
 (iv) re‑assign the respondent's duties, if it is reasonably practicable to do so;
 (v) deduct from the respondent's annual salary, by way of fine, an amount not exceeding 2% of that salary;
 (vi) terminate the respondent's employment;
 (b) if the respondent is a non‑core participant—a recommendation for a Presiding Officer to restrict or remove the respondent's access to the precincts (within the meaning of the Parliamentary Precincts Act 1988) for a specified period;
 (c) if the respondent is a former MOPS employee—a recommendation for the respondent's former employer to give the respondent a written reprimand;
 (d) if the respondent is neither a parliamentarian nor a MOPS employee—a recommendation for the respondent's employer to take, within a specified period, any action that the decision‑maker considers appropriate, taking into account the seriousness of the conduct concerned.

Sanctions that may be imposed
 (5) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), the following sanctions may be imposed:
 (a) a written reprimand;
 (b) a requirement that the respondent undertake training or professional development within a specified period;
 (c) a requirement that the respondent enter into an agreement with the IPSC about the respondent's future behaviour.

Deduction of amounts from salary
 (6) If the decision‑maker recommends that an amount be deducted from the respondent's salary by way of fine:
 (a) the fine may be deducted from a payment of salary made to the respondent; or
 (b) 2 or more amounts that in total equal the fine may be deducted from 2 or more payments of salary made to the respondent.