66Corrective action

#### 66 Corrective action 66 Corrective action > > (1) If an agency investigating a voluntary public interest disclosure finds serious wrongdoing or other misconduct occurred, each agency to which the disclosure relates must take appropriate corrective action in response to the finding. > > > (2) Without limiting subsection (1), an agency may take appropriate corrective action on the ground of the conduct to which the following convictions or findings relate and without further investigation of whether the conduct occurred— > > > > > (a) a conviction of a public official associated with the agency for a detrimental action offence, > > > > > (b) a finding by an agency investigating a voluntary public interest disclosure that a detrimental action offence was committed by a public official associated with the agency, whether or not the official has been charged with the offence. > > > (3) However, an agency is not required to take corrective action if no serious wrongdoing or other misconduct is found to have occurred within the agency. > > > (4) In this Act, corrective action includes the following— > > > > > (a) an action specified in the [Government Sector Employment Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-040), section 69(4), > > > > > (b) an action authorised by an Act, law, procedure or policy in accordance with which serious wrongdoing is investigated, > > > > > (c) a formal apology by an agency, > > > > > (d) reform within an agency, including— > > > > > > > (i) improvements to relevant policies or procedures, or > > > > > > > (ii) structural change, or > > > > > > > (iii) the reallocation of resources, or > > > > > > > (iv) additional training or educational measures, > > > > > (e) the publication of a finding of serious wrongdoing or other misconduct and a report in support of the finding, > > > > > (f) the payment of compensation to persons affected by serious wrongdoing or other misconduct. > > > (5) This section does not authorise an agency to take corrective action the agency is not otherwise authorised to take.