Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION ACT 2022 - SECT 17

    The Commissioner has the following functions:

  (a)   to detect corrupt conduct;

  (b)   to conduct preliminary investigations into corruption issues or possible corruption issues;

  (c)   to conduct corruption investigations into corruption issues that could involve corrupt conduct that is serious or systemic;

  (d)   to report on corruption investigations and public inquiries;

  (e)   to refer corruption issues to Commonwealth agencies and State or Territory government entities;

  (f)   to oversee investigations into corruption issues conducted by Commonwealth agencies;

  (g)   to conduct public inquiries into:

  (i)   the risk of corrupt conduct occurring; and

  (ii)   measures directed at dealing with that risk and preventing that conduct;

  (h)   to provide education and information in relation to corrupt conduct and preventing that conduct;

  (i)   to collect, correlate, analyse and disseminate general information and intelligence about corrupt conduct;

  (j)   to report, and make recommendations, to the Minister concerning the need for, or desirability of, legislative or administrative reform in relation to any matters dealt with by this Act;

  (k)   to provide relevant information and documents to the Committee;

  (l)   to receive public interest disclosures (within the meaning of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 ) and to deal with those disclosures;

  (m)   any other functions conferred on the Commissioner by this Act or another Act;

  (n)   to do anything incidental or conducive to the performance of any of the above functions.