Commonwealth Numbered Acts

COMPLAINTS (AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE) ACT 1981 No. 21 of 1981 - SECT 47

47. (1) The person conducting an investigation of a complaint under this Part
shall, subject to sub-section (2), investigate the complaint in such manner as
he thinks fit.

(2) The Ombudsman may, where the Commissioner agrees, give to the person
conducting the investigation directions in relation to the conduct of the
investigation.

(3) Sub-sections 50 (2) to (10) (inclusive) apply to and in relation to an
investigation of a complaint under this Part in like manner as they apply to
and in relation to an inquiry held under sub-section 50 (1) and as if
references in those sub-sections to an inquiry were references to an
investigation under this Part.

(4) The person carrying out the investigation shall, whenever required to do
so by the Commissioner or the Ombudsman, as the case may be, furnish to the
Commissioner or the Ombudsman, as the case may be, a report concerning the
progress of the investigation.