New South Wales Consolidated Acts

POLICE INTEGRITY COMMISSION ACT 1996 - SECT 13A

13A Other functions regarding administrative officers

(1) Other functions of the Commission include the following:

(a) to prevent corrupt conduct of administrative officers,

(b) to detect or investigate, or oversee other agencies in the detection or investigation of, corrupt conduct of administrative officers.

(2) The Commission is, as far as practicable, required to turn its attention principally to serious corrupt conduct of administrative officers.

(3) The reference in this section to "overseeing" other agencies in the detection or investigation of corrupt conduct of administrative officers is a reference to the provision by the Commission of guidance that relies on a system of guidelines prepared by it and progress reports and final reports furnished to it rather than the provision of detailed guidance in the planning and execution of such detection and investigation.

(4) In overseeing other agencies for the purposes of this section, the Commission does not have a power of control or direction, and any such oversight is to be achieved by agreement. However, it is the duty of members of the NSW Police Force to co-operate with the Commission in the exercise of its oversight functions and any other functions of the Commission.

(5) However, nothing in subsection (2), (3) or (4):

(a) affects the capacity of the Commission to exercise any of the functions as referred to in subsection (1), or

(b) provides a ground for any appeal or other legal or administrative challenge to the exercise by the Commission of any of those functions.