Types of corrupt conduct
There are 4 types of corrupt conduct under the NACC Act.
A person engages in corrupt conduct if:
- they are a public official and they breach public trust
- they are a public official and they abuse their office as a public official
- they are a public official or former public official and they misuse information they have gained in their capacity as a public official
- they do something that adversely affects a public official’s honest or impartial exercise of powers or performance of official duties. Any person can engage in this type of corrupt conduct, even if they are not a public official themselves.
A person also engages in corrupt conduct if they try or plan to do any of those things. A public official’s conduct may involve one or more types of corrupt conduct. The below explanations and illustrations are for general information, and do not confine what the Commission may regard as corrupt conduct.
https://www.nacc.gov.au/reporting-and-investigating-corruption/what-corrupt-conduct
