NATIONAL CRIME AUTHORITY ACT 1984 No. 41, 1984 - SECT 10 Authority may request approval of references

NATIONAL CRIME AUTHORITY ACT 1984 No. 41, 1984 - SECT 10

10. (1) The Authority, if it considers it appropriate to do so, may request
the Inter-Governmental Committee to give approval for a matter relating to a
relevant criminal activity to be referred by a Minister or Ministers to the
Authority for investigation.

(2) Where the Authority has made a request under sub-section (1) in relation
to a matter relating to a relevant criminal activity, the Committee may,
whether or not the Minister concerned, or all the Ministers concerned, have
proposed to refer the matter to the Authority for investigation, give approval
for the matter to be so referred by a Minister or Ministers.

(3) A request by the Authority under sub-section (1) shall be in writing and
may be accompanied by such written submissions as the Authority thinks fit.

(4) Where the Authority has made a request under sub-section (1), the
Authority-

   (a)  may, with the consent of the members of the Committee present at a
        meeting of the Committee at which the matter is considered, make at
        the meeting such oral submissions to the Committee concerning the
        request as the Authority thinks fit; and

   (b)  shall, if requested to do so by the Committee, or by a member of the
        Committee, consult with the Committee, or with that member, as the
        case may be, concerning the request under sub-section (1).

(5) Notwithstanding sub-section 59 (5), where the Authority proposes to
include in a submission under sub-section (3) or (4) any matter the disclosure
of which could prejudice a person's reputation, the Authority is not
prohibited by reason only of that fact from including the matter in the
submission.
(6) In this section, "Minister" means the Commonwealth Minister or a Minister
of the Crown of a State.