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INDEPENDENT BROAD-BASED ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION ACT 2011 - SECT 61 Conducting investigations about conduct of judicial officers

INDEPENDENT BROAD-BASED ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION ACT 2011 - SECT 61

Conducting investigations about conduct of judicial officers

    (1)     An investigation by the IBAC in accordance with its corrupt conduct investigative functions into the conduct of a judicial officer must be conducted by a sworn IBAC Officer who is—

        (a)     a former judge or former magistrate—

              (i)     of a court of a higher level than the person whose conduct is being investigated; or

              (ii)     of the same level but not of the same court as the person whose conduct is being investigated; and

        (b)     not an Australian legal practitioner.

    (2)     In performing its corrupt conduct investigative functions in relation to a judicial officer, the IBAC—

        (a)     must have proper regard for the preservation of the independence of judicial officers; and

        (b)     must notify, and may consult, the relevant head of jurisdiction unless doing so would prejudice an IBAC investigation.

S. 62 inserted by No. 13/2012 s. 9 (as amended by No. 82/2012 s. 148(3)).