22ICAC to establish system for mandatory reporting

22 ICAC to establish system for mandatory reporting (1) The ICAC must issue, and keep under review, directions and guidelines governing the reporting to the ICAC of improper conduct. (2) Directions may: (a) require a public body or public officer to report suspected improper conduct; and (b) set out the circumstances that constitute suspicion for paragraph (a); and (c) require matters to be reported even if they have been referred to the public body or public officer under another Act. Note for subsection (2) The directions and guidelines must be published on the ICAC's website – see section 130. (3) Without limiting the directions, they may require different classes of public bodies and public officers to disclose different classes of suspected improper conduct. Examples for subsection (3) A direction could require: (a) all public officers engaged on an executive contract of employment under the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993 to report suspected corrupt conduct and suspected serious or systemic misconduct or unsatisfactory conduct; or (b) all correctional officers under the Correctional Services Act 2014 to report suspected improper conduct related to youth detainees. (4) The ICAC must issue the directions and guidelines within 6 months after the commencement of this section.

Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Act 2017 23 (5) A public body or public officer: (a) must report to the ICAC in accordance with the directions; and (b) may report to the ICAC any suspected improper conduct.