New South Wales Consolidated Acts

POLICE INTEGRITY COMMISSION ACT 1996 - SECT 13B

13B Other functions of PIC in relation to Crime Commission officers

(1) Other functions of the PIC include the following:

(a) to prevent misconduct of Crime Commission officers,

(b) to detect or investigate, or oversee other agencies in the detection or investigation of, misconduct of Crime Commission officers.

(2) The PIC is, as far as practicable, required to turn its attention principally to serious misconduct of Crime Commission officers.

(3) The reference in this section to "overseeing" other agencies in the detection or investigation of misconduct of Crime Commission officers is a reference to the provision by the PIC of guidance that relies on a system of guidelines prepared by it and progress reports and final reports furnished to it rather than the provision of detailed guidance in the planning and execution of such detection and investigation.

(4) In overseeing other agencies for the purposes of this section, the PIC does not have a power of control or direction, and any such oversight is to be achieved by agreement. However, it is the duty of Crime Commission officers to co-operate with the PIC in the exercise of its oversight functions.

(5) However, nothing in subsection (2), (3) or (4):

(a) affects the capacity of the PIC to exercise any of the functions as referred to in subsection (1), or

(b) provides a ground for any appeal or other legal or administrative challenge to the exercise by the PIC of any of those functions.