South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts9—Powers of Police Complaints Authority
(1) For the purposes
of an inspection under section 8, the Authority, or an officer of
the Authority authorised by the Authority for the purpose—
(a) may,
after notifying the Commissioner, enter at any reasonable time premises
occupied by the police force; and
(b) is
entitled to have full and free access at all reasonable times to all records
of the police force; and
(c) is,
notwithstanding any other law, entitled to make copies of, and to take
extracts from, records of the police force; and
(d) may
require a member of the police force to give the Authority or authorised
officer such information as the Authority considers necessary, being
information that is in the member's possession, or to which the member has
access, and that is relevant to the inspection.
(2) If the Authority
has reason to believe that a member of the police force is able to give
information relevant to an inspection under section 8, the Authority may,
by written notice to the member—
(a)
require the member to give the information, in writing, signed by the member,
at a specified place and within a specified period;
(b)
require the member to attend before a specified person at a specified place
and within a specified period or at a specified time on a specified day, in
order to answer questions relevant to the inspection.
(3) If the Authority
has reason to believe that a member of the police force is able to give
information relevant to an inspection under section 8 but does not know
the member's identity, the Authority may, by written notice to
the Commissioner, require the Commissioner or a person nominated by the
Commissioner to attend before a specified person at a specified place and
within a specified period or at a specified time on a specified day, in order
to answer questions relevant to the inspection.
(4) Notwithstanding
any other law, a person is not excused from giving information, answering a
question, or giving access to a document, as and when required by or under
this section, on the ground that it would contravene a law, would be contrary
to the public interest or might tend to incriminate the person or make the
person liable to a penalty.
(5) The following are
not admissible in evidence against a person except in prosecution proceedings
for an offence against section 10:
(a)
information or an answer given by the person pursuant to this section; or
(b) the
fact that the person has given access to a document pursuant to this section;
or
(c) any
information or thing (including a document) obtained directly or indirectly in
consequence of the person having given information or an answer, or access to
a document, pursuant to this section.
(6) The Commissioner
must ensure that members of the police force provide the Authority with such
assistance in relation to an inspection under section 8 as the Authority
reasonably requires.