AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE ACT 1979 - SECT 40WA Record keeping

AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE ACT 1979 - SECT 40WA

  (1)   The Commissioner must ensure that adequate records are kept for the purposes of this Part.

  (2)   Without limiting subsection   (1), the Commissioner must ensure that records are kept of:

  (a)   information that is given under section   40SA; and

  (b)   the action (if any) that is taken in relation to the AFP conduct or practices issue raised by that information; and

  (c)   if the issue is an AFP conduct issue--the action (if any) that is taken in relation to any AFP practices issue that is:

  (i)   brought, under section   40TK, to the attention of an AFP appointee; or

  (ii)   identified, under section   40TW, in a report prepared under section   40TU;

    as a result of the AFP conduct issue being dealt with under this Part.

  (3)   Subsection   (2) does not apply if subsection   40SC(2) (which deals with category 1 conduct issues that are resolved without being recorded) applies to the information.

  (4)   The National Anti - Corruption Commissioner is entitled to have access to the records kept under this section for the purposes of performing the National Anti - Corruption Commissioner's functions.

  (5)   Without limiting section   40XC, the Ombudsman is entitled to have access to the records kept under this section for the purposes of performing the Ombudsman's functions.