Western Australian Numbered Acts

CORRUPTION AND CRIME COMMISSION AMENDMENT (MISCONDUCT) ACT 2014 (NO. 35 OF 2014) - SECT 6

6 .         Section 3 amended

        (1)         In section 3(1) delete the definitions of:

allegation

investigation

serious misconduct

        (2)         In section 3(1) insert in alphabetical order:

        allegation means —

            (a)         a report made to the Commission under section 25; or

            (b)         a proposition initiated by the Commission under section 26(1); or

            (c)         a matter notified to the Commission under section 28(2); or

            (d)         an allegation referred to the Commission under section 45M(d); or

            (e)         a received matter; or

            (f)         a report made to the Public Sector Commissioner under section 45E(1); or

            (g)         a proposition initiated by the Public Sector Commissioner under section 45F(1); or

            (h)         a matter notified to the Public Sector Commissioner under section 45H(2);

        employee of the Police Department includes an Aboriginal police liaison officer, a police auxiliary officer and a police cadet under the Police Act 1892 ;

        investigation means an investigation by the Commission, whether alone or in cooperation with another body, under Part 3 (including a preliminary investigation conducted under section 32(2));

        minor misconduct means misconduct of a kind described in section 4(d) that is not any of the following —

            (a)         police misconduct;

            (b)         conduct engaged in by a member of a House of Parliament or the Clerk of a House of Parliament;

            (c)         conduct engaged in by a member of a local government or council of a local government;

        officer of the Public Sector Commissioner means a public service officer employed in, or seconded to, the office of the Public Sector Commissioner;

        Police Department means the agency (as defined in the Public Sector Management Act 1994 section 3(1)) principally assisting the Minister responsible for the administration of the Police Act 1892 in the administration of that Act;

        police misconduct means —

            (a)         misconduct by —

                  (i)         a member of the Police Force; or

                  (ii)         an employee of the Police Department; or

                  (iii)         a person seconded to perform functions and services for, or duties in the service of, the Police Department;

                or

            (b)         reviewable police action;

        police service means the organisation consisting of —

            (a)         members of the Police Force; and

            (b)         employees of the Police Department; and

            (c)         persons seconded to perform functions and services for, or duties in the service of, the Police Department;

        serious misconduct means —

            (a)         misconduct of a kind described in section 4(a), (b) or (c) by a public officer; or

            (b)         police misconduct;

        (3)         In section 3(1) in the definition of appropriate authority after “does not include” insert:

                the Commission,

        (4)         In section 3(1) in the definition of reviewable police action delete “a police officer or an employee of the Police Service of the Public Service,” and insert:

                a member of the Police Force, an employee of the Police Department or a person seconded to perform functions and services for, or duties in the service of, the Police Department

        (5)         In section 3(2) delete “exclusively by a House of Parliament, unless that House so resolves.” and insert:

                by a House of Parliament.