Australian Securities
and Investments Commission
Office address (inc courier deliveries):
Level 7, 120 Col ins Street,
Melbourne VIC 3000
Mail address for Melbourne office:
GPO Box 9827,
Brisbane QLD 4001
Tel: +61 1300 935 075
9 November 2020
Fax: +61 1300 729 000
www.asic.gov.au
Phil ip Sweeney
By email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Mr Sweeney,
Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Request - Ref 211-2020
I refer to your email received on 26 October 2020 in which you seek access to
the following under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (
FOI Act):
Prior to 1 July 2019 ASIC Commissioners, including the Chairman, and ASIC staff were
subject to the APS Code of Conduct {Section 13 of the Public Service Act 1999}.
Subsection 15(3) of the Public Service Act 1999 provides
(3) An Agency Head must establish written procedures in accordance with this
section for determining:
(a) whether an APS employee, or a former APS employee, in the Agency has
breached the Code of Conduct (including by engaging in conduct referred to in
subsection (2A)); and
(b) the sanction (if any) that is to be imposed under subsection (1) on an APS
employee in the Agency who is found to have breached the Code of Conduct
(including by engaging in conduct referred to in subsection (2A)).
The document I seek is a copy of the written procedures in force up until 1 July 2019
pursuant to Subsection 15(3) of the Public Service Act 1999.
The 30-day statutory time period for processing your request commenced on
the day after the day on which your request was received (s 15(5) of the FOI
Act). The due date to issue a decision on your request is therefore 25
November 2020. The period of 30 days may be extended if we need to
consult third parties or for other reasons. We wil advise you if this happens.
Please note that information released under the FOI Act may later be
published online on the ASIC disclosure log, subject to certain exceptions (for
example, personal or business information wil not be published where this
would be unreasonable).

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Yours sincerely,
Mirijana Soldatic
Senior Manager, FOI
Australian Securities and Investments Commission