29Meaning of disclosable conduct

29 Meaning of disclosable conduct

(1) Disclosable conduct is conduct of a kind mentioned in the following table that is conduct: (a) engaged in by an agency; or (b) engaged in by a public official, in connection with his or her position as a public official; or (c) engaged in by a contracted service provider for a Commonwealth contract, in connection with entering into, or giving effect to, that contract.

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:0.25pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="2" style="width:343.6pt; 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" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Disclosable conduct</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" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Item</span></p></td><td style="width:307.9pt; 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" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Kinds of disclosable conduct</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" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:307.9pt; 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" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>Conduct that contravenes a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:307.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Conduct, in a foreign country, that contravenes a law that:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) is in force in the foreign country; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) is applicable to the agency, public official or contracted service provider; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) corresponds to a law in force in the Australian Capital Territory.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:307.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Conduct that:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) perverts, or is engaged in for the purpose of perverting, or attempting to pervert, the course of justice; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) involves, or is engaged in for the purpose of, corruption of any other kind.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:307.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Conduct that constitutes maladministration, including conduct that:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) is based, in whole or in part, on improper motives; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) is unreasonable, unjust or oppressive; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) is negligent.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:307.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Conduct that is an abuse of public trust.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>6</span></p></td><td style="width:307.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Conduct that is:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, or deception, in relation to:</span></p><p class="Tablei"><span>(i) proposing scientific research; or</span></p><p class="Tablei"><span>(ii) carrying out scientific research; or</span></p><p class="Tablei"><span>(iii) reporting the results of scientific research; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) misconduct relating to scientific analysis, scientific evaluation or the giving of scientific advice.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>7</span></p></td><td style="width:307.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Conduct that results in the wastage of:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) relevant money (within the meaning of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013</span><span>); or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) relevant property (within the meaning of that Act); or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) money of a prescribed authority; or</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>(d) property of a prescribed authority.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>8</span></p></td><td style="width:307.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Conduct that:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) unreasonably results in a danger to the health or safety of one or more persons; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) unreasonably results in, or increases, a risk of danger to the health or safety of one or more persons.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>9</span></p></td><td style="width:307.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Conduct that:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) results in a danger to the environment; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) results in, or increases, a risk of danger to the environment.</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>10</span></p></td><td style="width:307.9pt; 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>Conduct of a kind prescribed by the PID rules.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>