Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Act 2024
103Correction of misrepresentations
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103 Correction of misrepresentations
(1) If the Parliamentary Integrity Adviser considers that any advice given to a Member, Minister or Parliamentary Secretary or former Member, Minister or Parliamentary Secretary has been publicly misrepresented, the Parliamentary Integrity Adviser may publicly release a statement to correct the misrepresentation.
(2) In a statement publicly released under subsection (1), the Parliamentary Integrity Adviser must not include the content of the advice without the consent of the person to whom the advice was given.
(3) Despite the failure of the person to whom the advice was given to consent under subsection (2), the Parliamentary Integrity Adviser may disclose the content of the advice to the Privileges Committee of the House of which the person is or was a Member if that Committee requests the information in connection with any inquiry in relation to that person.