Committee for Finance

Public Office (Accountability) Bill

Committee Report

• Read the Committee Report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum- Public Office (Accountability) Bill (PDF 15 pages, 300 KB.)
• Addendum to the Committee Report  DRR 14 January 2026 - Response 10 - Public Office (Accountability) Bill (PDF 2 pages, 139 KB.) 

Legislative Consent Memorandum 

Appendix 1 - Memoranda and Papers from the Department of Finance

• 16 September 2025 Finance Minister - Public Office (Accountabilty) Bill (PDF 70 pages, 992 KB.)
  
• 04 November 2025 LCM - Public  Office (Accountability) Bill (under 42b) (PDF 5 pages, 161 KB.)
• 19 December LCM - Public Office (Accountability) Bill (under 42a). (PDF 6 pages, 353 KB.)
• 19 January 2026 DoF DRR 10 December 2025 - Point 1 Public Office (Accountability) Bill.(PDF 2 pages, 139 KB.)

Appendix 2 - Minutes of Proceedings

• 5 November 2025 (see section 7) 
• 14 January 2026 (see section 8) 
• 21 January 2026 

Appendix 3 - Minutes of Evidence

• 5 November 2025 - Public  Office (Accountability) Bill LCM  - Department of Finance briefing 
• 14 January 2026 - Public Office (Accountability) Bill LCM - Department of Finance briefing. 
• 21 January 2026 - Public_Office_(Accountability) Bill LCM - Consideration of Committee Report