New South Wales Consolidated Acts

OMBUDSMAN ACT 1974 - SECT 31AB

31AB Ombudsman may furnish information to ICAC and DPP

(1) The Ombudsman may, at any time, furnish information obtained by the Ombudsman in discharging functions under this or any other Act to the Director of Public Prosecutions or to the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

(2) However, the Ombudsman must not disclose information that could not otherwise be disclosed under this Act or could not:

(a) in the case of the Director of Public Prosecutions-be obtained by the Director under the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1986 or any other Act, or

(b) in the case of the Independent Commission Against Corruption-be obtained by the Commission under the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988 or any other Act.