10Preventing, detecting and responding to fraud and corruption

#### 10 Preventing, detecting and responding to fraud and corruption Guide to this section The purpose of this section is to ensure that there is a minimum standard for accountable authorities of Commonwealth entities to prevent, detect and respond to fraud and corruption. This section is made for the purposes of paragraphs 102(1)(a), (b) and (d) of the Act. The accountable authority of a Commonwealth entity must take all reasonable measures to prevent, detect and respond to fraud and corruption relating to the entity, including by: (a) conducting assessments of fraud and corruption risks regularly and when there is a substantial change in the structure, functions or activities of the entity; and (b) developing and implementing control plans to deal with fraud and corruption risks, and updating the plans as soon as practicable after conducting an assessment mentioned in paragraph (a); and (c) conducting periodic reviews of the effectiveness of the entity’s fraud and corruption controls; and (d) ensuring that the entity: (i) has governance structures and processes to effectively oversee and manage risks of fraud and corruption relating to the entity; and (ii) has officials who are responsible for managing risks of fraud and corruption relating to the entity; and (iii) keeps records identifying those structures, processes and officials; and (e) ensuring that the entity has appropriate mechanisms for preventing fraud and corruption, including by ensuring that: (i) all officials of the entity are made aware of what constitutes fraud and corruption; and (ii) risks of fraud and corruption are taken into account in planning and conducting the activities of the entity; and (f) ensuring that the entity has appropriate mechanisms for: (i) detecting fraud and corruption, including processes for officials of the entity and other persons to report suspected fraud or corruption confidentially; and (ii) investigating or otherwise responding to fraud or corruption or suspected fraud or corruption; and (iii) recording and reporting incidents of fraud or corruption or suspected fraud or corruption.