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Human Rights Commission Act 2005
94DCode of conduct breach by public servants
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94D Code of conduct breach by public servants
(1) This section applies to a complaint made to the commission about a
public servant acting inconsistently with the code of conduct in
relation to the provision of a health service to another individual as
part of their employment as a public servant (a public servant
complaint).
(2) The Executive may determine a process the commission and relevant
public service entities must follow in dealing with public servant
complaints.
(3) Before determining a process, the Executive must consult the
commission.
(4) The Executive must be reasonably satisfied that a process determined
under subsection (2) gives a health care worker who is the subject of
a public servant complaint no less protection than that given to a
health care worker who is the subject of a prohibition or condition
order, or public statement, to which section 94F applies.
(5) A process may include provision for the following:
(a) the sharing of information mentioned in section 94E (1) about a
public servant complaint with the relevant public service entity;
(b) who the relevant public service entity is for a particular
complaint;
(c) the commission and the public sector standards commissioner to
establish a relationship protocol to help ensure public servant
complaints are dealt with promptly and efficiently;
(d) the commission not to make a final prohibition or condition
order in relation to a public servant complaint while a
misconduct procedure is being conducted, without the
agreement of the public sector standards commissioner;
(e) the commission to be able to extend the period an interim order
is in force while a misconduct procedure is conducted.
(6) A process is a disallowable instrument.
(7) In this section:
misconduct procedure means a misconduct procedure under the
Public Sector Management Act 1994 or an enterprise agreement
approved under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cwlth).