Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A public officer is guilty of misconduct under an Act under which the officer may be dismissed from office or disciplined for misconduct, if the officer contravenes the following--
• section 42 (Reprisal is an indictable offence)
• section 55 (Preservation of confidentiality)
• section 56 (False or misleading information).
(2) To remove doubt, it is declared that under the Crime and Misconduct Act 2001, the Crime and Misconduct Commission may investigate the contravention, or the alleged or suspected contravention, if--
(a) the public officer is a member of the police service; or
(b) the contravention is official misconduct by a person holding an appointment in a unit of public administration within the meaning of the Crime and Misconduct Act 2001.