Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The commission may, having regard to the principles stated in section 34--
(a) issue advisory guidelines for the conduct of investigations by public officials into official misconduct; or
(b) review or audit the way a public official has dealt with official misconduct, in relation to either a particular complaint or a class of complaint; or
(c) require a public official--
(i) to report to the commission about an investigation into official misconduct in the way and at the times the commission directs; or
(ii) to undertake the further investigation into the official misconduct that the commission directs; or
(d) assume responsibility for and complete an investigation by a public official into official misconduct.
(2) The public official must--
(a) give the commission reasonable help to undertake a review or audit or to assume responsibility for an investigation; and
(b) comply with a requirement made under subsection (1)(c).
(3) If the commission assumes responsibility for an investigation, the public official must stop his or her investigation or any other action that may impede the investigation if directed to do so by the commission.
(4) In this section--
complaint, about official misconduct, includes information or matter involving official misconduct.