Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Act 2023
24ABMeanings of pre‑Code conduct and post‑Code conduct
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24AB Meanings of pre‑Code conduct and post‑Code conduct
(1) Pre‑Code conduct is conduct that: (a) is engaged in before the Code commencement day; and (b) consists of any of the following: (i) sexual assault; (ii) assault; (iii) sexual harassment; (iv) harassment; (v) another person being bullied at work (within the meaning of the Fair Work Act 2009); (vi) unreasonable behaviour towards another person that creates a risk to work health or safety; and (c) is engaged in by a person (the first person) covered by column 1 of an item of the following table; and (d) affects a person (the second person) covered by column 2 of that item; and (e) meets the requirements in column 3 of that item.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:354.3pt; margin-left:0.25pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="4" style="width:343.5pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Pre</span><span>‑</span><span>Code conduct—persons and requirements</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:95.4pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 1</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>First person</span></p></td><td style="width:95.4pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 2</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>Second person</span></p></td><td style="width:95.4pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 3</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>Requirements</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:95.4pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A parliamentarian or MOPS employee</span></p></td><td style="width:95.4pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A parliamentarian, MOPS employee or Parliamentary Service employee</span></p></td><td style="width:95.4pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The conduct was engaged in in the course of either the first person or second person performing duties as a parliamentarian, MOPS employee or Parliamentary Service employee (as the case requires)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:95.4pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A non</span><span>‑</span><span>core participant</span></p></td><td style="width:95.4pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A parliamentarian, MOPS employee or Parliamentary Service employee</span></p></td><td style="width:95.4pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The conduct was engaged in:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) in the course of either the first person or second person performing duties as a non</span><span>‑</span><span>core participant, parliamentarian, MOPS employee or Parliamentary Service employee (as the case requires); and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) at a place in the precincts (within the meaning of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Parliamentary Precincts Act 1988</span><span>)</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>