New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NEW SOUTH WALES CRIME COMMISSION ACT 1985 - SECT 25

25 Functions of the Management Committee

(1) The principal functions of the Management Committee are:

(a) to refer (by a written notice) matters relating to relevant criminal activities to the Commission for investigation, and

(a1) to refer (by a written notice) to the Commission, for review, police inquiries into matters relating to any criminal activities, and

(a2) to arrange (in accordance with section 27A) for police task forces to assist the Commission to carry out investigations into matters relating to relevant criminal activities, and

(b) to review and monitor generally the work of the Commission, and

(c) to give approvals for the purposes of section 7.

(2) The Management Committee is not to refer a matter to the Commission for investigation unless it is satisfied that ordinary police methods of investigation into the matter are unlikely to be effective.

(3) The Management Committee may, by the terms of a reference, impose limitations:

(a) on the carrying out of an investigation by the Commission into any matter relating to a relevant criminal activity referred to the Commission for investigation, and

(b) on the carrying out of a review of a police inquiry referred to the Commission for review.

(4) The notice referring a matter relating to a relevant criminal activity to the Commission for investigation:

(a) may describe the matter (wholly or partly) by reference to information given at a meeting of the Management Committee or other extrinsic material, whether or not the information or material is included in or annexed to the notice, and

(b) must describe the general nature of the circumstances or allegations constituting the relevant criminal activity, and

(c) must set out the general purpose of the investigation.

(5) If information or other extrinsic material referred to in a notice is not included in or annexed to the notice, it does not form part of the notice for the purposes of section 16 (2) (relating to the matter to accompany a summons to a witness).

(6) In exercising its principal functions, the Management Committee shall give high priority to matters relating to illegal drug trafficking, as far as practicable.