180Privileges and secrecy generally

180 Privileges and secrecy generally

After section 68(8) of the Integrity Oversight Victoria Act 2011 insert—

"(8A) If a person is a Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Commission officer any obligation to maintain secrecy or other restriction upon the disclosure of information obtained by or provided to the person in the person's service as a Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Commission officer imposed by any enactment or any rule of law—

(a) is overridden; and

(b) does not apply to the disclosure of information under this Part.

(8B) If a person is a Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Commission officer—

(a) the Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Commission is not entitled to assert any privilege in relation to any requirement for that person to provide information under Part 6; and

(b) any privilege referred to in paragraph (a) is abrogated.".

S. 181 amended by No. 27/2024 s. 188(Sch. 3 item 2.38).