NATIONAL CRIME AUTHORITY ACT 1984 No. 41, 1984 - SECT 9 Functions of Committee

NATIONAL CRIME AUTHORITY ACT 1984 No. 41, 1984 - SECT 9

9. (1) The functions of the Committee are-

   (a)  to consider whether approval should be given for a matter relating to
        a relevant criminal activity to be referred by a Minister or Ministers
        to the Authority for investigation;

   (b)  to monitor generally the work of the Authority; and

   (c)  to receive reports furnished to the Committee by the Authority for
        transmission to the Governments represented on the Committee and to
        transmit those reports accordingly.

(2) The Committee shall, before approving a reference, consider whether
ordinary police methods of investigation into the matter are likely to be
effective.

(3) A resolution of the Committee purporting to approve a reference or
references to the Authority of a matter for investigation does not have any
effect for the purposes of this Act unless-

   (a)  if the reference or any of the references is a reference by the
        Commonwealth Minister-the member of the Committee representing the
        Commonwealth voted in favour of the resolution; and

   (b)  if the reference or any of the references is a reference by a Minister
        of the Crown of a State-the member of the Committee representing that
        State voted in favour of the resolution.

(4) Where, by reason that a member (in this sub-section referred to as the

"relevant member") or members (in this sub-section referred to as the

"relevant members") of the Committee did not vote in favour of a resolution of
the Committee purporting to approve a reference or references to the Authority
of a matter for investigation, the resolution does not have any effect for the
purposes of this Act, nothing in sub-section (3) prevents the Committee from
passing a further resolution approving a reference or references to the
Authority of the matter for investigation other than-

   (a)  if the relevant member was, or the relevant members included, the
        member representing the Commonwealth-a reference of the matter by the
        Commonwealth Minister; or

   (b)  if the relevant member was, or the relevant members were or included,
        a member representing a State, or members representing States-a
        reference of the matter by a Minister of the Crown of that State, or
        of any of those States, as the case may be.

(5) In this section, "Minister" means the Commonwealth Minister or a Minister
of the Crown of a State.