As the head of a department, organisation or council (relevant principal officer), you must notify the Commission if you have reasonable grounds to suspect minor misconduct.
Principal officers include directors general of departments, chief executive officers of local governments and vice chancellors of universities.
You must notify the Commission in writing as soon as reasonably practicable after you become aware of the matter.
You only need a reasonable suspicion that minor misconduct may have occurred, not proof. At this early stage, you are not deciding whether the person has actually done it or whether they’ll lose their job.
That is what the disciplinary process is for: to establish the facts, consider any mitigating factors and determine the appropriate outcome.
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