178Parliamentary privilege—taken to be waived for MLAs’

178 Parliamentary privilege—taken to be waived for MLAs’ declarations of interests etc (1) The commission may use a relevant declaration for— (a) an investigation under chapter 3 (Commission—investigating corrupt conduct) into whether a member of the Legislative Assembly publicly disclosed a matter, including the nature of the matter; and (b) a finding, opinion or recommendation about the disclosure or non-disclosure of the matter. (2) If the commission uses a relevant declaration under subsection (1), the Legislative Assembly is taken to have waived any parliamentary privilege that may apply to the relevant declaration. relevant declaration means a declaration of pecuniary interests or other matters made (whether before or after the commencement of this section) by a member of the Legislative Assembly in complying with the standing orders of the Legislative Assembly.