❓ Question regarding gift and benefit registers maintained by agencies within the Minister's portfolio, revealing that WA Police and Rottnest Island Authority maintain such registers with different reporting thresholds and mechanisms. Other agencies are covered under different portfolios.
AnsweredQoN 1490Legislative Assembly
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In relation to all agencies, departments and trading enterprises within the Minister’s portfolio of responsibilities, could the Minister advise: (a) do any of these agencies, departments or trading enterprises maintain a register of gifts or benefits offered to employees but not accepted; (b) if yes to (a), which specific agencies, departments or trading enterprises maintain such a registry; (c) if yes to (a), how long has the register been maintained; (d) if yes to (a), what is the dollar amount at which employees must register an offered gift or benefit; and (e) if yes to (a), through what means or mechanism do employees register a gift or benefit offered to them but not accepted?
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Answered
27 November 2013
Responded by
Minister for Police; Tourism; Road Safety; Women's Interests
Response time
27 days
(a) Yes.
(b) Western Australia Police; Rottnest Island Authority.
Western Australia Police
(c) Since December 2005.
(d) Under $100 - employees are required to complete local level Gift Register recording, over $100 requires formal reporting in the agency's corporate Gift Register.
(e) A 'Declaration of Receipt on an Official Gift' must be completed to record both the acceptance and refusal of gifts or benefits offered to employees.
Tourism Western Australia
(c) - (e) Not applicable
Rottnest Island Authority
(c) Since February 2007.
(d) $50.
(e) Notify Human Resources to add the declined gift to the gift register.
Office of Road Safety
The Office of Road Safety is administratively supported as part of Main Roads WA and as such the response will be included in the MRWA response under the Minister for Transport under Parliamentary Question 1488.
Department of Local Government and Communities
Women's Interests is administratively supported as part of the Department of Local Government and Communities and as such, the response will be included in the Department of Local Government and Communities response under the Minister for Local Government; Community Services; Seniors and Volunteering; Youth.
(b) Western Australia Police; Rottnest Island Authority.
Western Australia Police
(c) Since December 2005.
(d) Under $100 - employees are required to complete local level Gift Register recording, over $100 requires formal reporting in the agency's corporate Gift Register.
(e) A 'Declaration of Receipt on an Official Gift' must be completed to record both the acceptance and refusal of gifts or benefits offered to employees.
Tourism Western Australia
(c) - (e) Not applicable
Rottnest Island Authority
(c) Since February 2007.
(d) $50.
(e) Notify Human Resources to add the declined gift to the gift register.
Office of Road Safety
The Office of Road Safety is administratively supported as part of Main Roads WA and as such the response will be included in the MRWA response under the Minister for Transport under Parliamentary Question 1488.
Department of Local Government and Communities
Women's Interests is administratively supported as part of the Department of Local Government and Communities and as such, the response will be included in the Department of Local Government and Communities response under the Minister for Local Government; Community Services; Seniors and Volunteering; Youth.
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