Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIME AND MISCONDUCT ACT 2001 - SECT 14

In this division--

conduct means--

(a) for a person, regardless of whether the person holds an appointment--conduct, or a conspiracy or attempt to engage in conduct, of or by the person that adversely affects, or could adversely affect, directly or indirectly, the honest and impartial performance of functions or exercise of powers of--

(i) a unit of public administration; or

(ii) any person holding an appointment; or

(b) for a person who holds or held an appointment--conduct, or a conspiracy or attempt to engage in conduct, of or by the person that is or involves--

(i) the performance of the person's functions or the exercise of the person's powers, as the holder of the appointment, in a way that is not honest or is not impartial; or

(ii) a breach of the trust placed in the person as the holder of the appointment; or

(iii) a misuse of information or material acquired in or in connection with the performance of the person's functions as the holder of the appointment, whether the misuse is for the person's benefit or the benefit of someone else.

hold an appointment means hold an appointment in a unit of public administration.