Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

LAW ENFORCEMENT INTEGRITY COMMISSIONER ACT 2006 - SECT 32

             (1)  This section applies if the head of a law enforcement agency:

                     (a)  notifies the Integrity Commissioner of a corruption issue under section 19; and

                     (b)  does not indicate that it is a significant corruption issue.

             (2)  The Integrity Commissioner may decide to deal with the corruption issue in one of the ways referred to in subsection 26(1) or 29(6).

             (3)  For the purposes of making a decision about how to deal with the corruption issue, the Integrity Commissioner may request the head of a law enforcement agency to give the Integrity Commissioner the information specified in the request.

             (4)  The head of the law enforcement agency must comply with the request.

             (5)  Subsection (3) does not limit the information to which the Integrity Commissioner may have regard in making a decision about how to deal with the corruption issue.

             (6)  If the Integrity Commissioner does decide to deal with the corruption issue in one of the ways referred to in subsection 26(1) or 29(6), the Integrity Commissioner may direct the head of the law enforcement agency that the agency is not to investigate the corruption issue.

             (7)  A direction under subsection (6) is not a legislative instrument.