Who can request advice?
The Integrity Commissioner may provide advice to ‘designated persons’, defined as followed in the Integrity Act 2009:
- a member of the Legislative Assembly;
- a statutory office holder;
- a chief executive of a public service entity;
- a senior executive;
- a chief executive of, or a senior executive equivalent employed in a government entity, who is nominated by the Minister responsible for administering the entity;
- a ministerial staff member who performs the role of chief of staff (however called) in the office of a Minister; and
- a person, or a person within a class of persons, nominated by the premier; and
- a person or, or a person within a class of persons, prescribed by regulation.
Within two years after ceasing to be a designated person or a ministerial advisor, a person may ask for the integrity commissioner’s advice on an ethics or integrity issue that arises from a post separation obligation.
All designated persons can seek advice with regard to their own issues involving ethics or integrity.
Requests for advice can also be made by:
- a Chief of Staff (however called) about a ministerial advisor the Chief of Staff has given notice of the request to the Minister in whose office the ministerial advisor is employed, and
- a ministerial advisor who may ask for the integrity commissioners advice on an ethics or integrity issue involving themselves that may arise from a post-separation obligation.
