Commonwealth Numbered Acts

COMPLAINTS (AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE) ACT 1981 No. 21 of 1981 - SECT 6

PART II - RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE Division 1 -
Investigation of complaints by the Internal Investigation
Division
6. (1) Where a person complains to a member concerning action taken by that
member or by another member, whether before or after the commencement of this
Act, the member to whom the complaint is made shall, in accordance with the
General Orders or General Instructions -

   (a)  refer the complaint, by the most expeditious means available to him,
        to the Investigation Division for investigation; or

   (b)  refer the complainant to a member who, under the General Orders or
        General Instructions, is an appropriate member to receive the
        complaint.

(2) Where a person complains to a member to whom he has been referred under
sub-section (1), the member shall refer the complaint, by the most expeditious
means available to him, to the Investigation Division for investigation.

(3) Where a complaint is referred to the Investigation Division, the Ombudsman
shall be notified of the complaint and furnished with particulars of the
complaint.

(4) This section does not apply to a complaint made by a person who is known
to the member to whom the complaint is made to be, or discloses to that member
that he is, another member.
(5) In this section, the expressions "General Orders" and "General
Instructions" have the same respective meanings as they have in the Australian
Federal Police Act 1979.