169Complaints

169 Complaints

After section 43(6) of the Integrity Oversight Victoria Act 2011 insert—

"(6A) A person may make a complaint to the Victorian Inspectorate about the conduct of the Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Commission or a Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Commission officer in respect of—

(a) the performance or exercise, or purported performance or exercise, of any of the duties, functions or powers conferred on the Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Commission or Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Commission officer in respect of any matter; or

(b) the compliance with procedural fairness requirements in the performance of functions under the Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Act 2024 or any other Act, including in the conduct of investigations and the making of reports and recommendations under that Act or any other Act.

(6B) Without limiting the generality of subsection (6A), a complaint may be made on the basis that specified conduct was—

(a) contrary to law; or

(b) unreasonable, unjust, oppressive or improperly discriminatory; or

(c) based on improper motives; or

(d) an abuse of power; or

(e) otherwise improper.".