Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Inspector may deal with a NACC corruption issue in any one or more of the following ways:
(a) by investigating the NACC corruption issue;
(b) by investigating the NACC corruption issue jointly with a Commonwealth agency, the NACC or a State or Territory government entity;
(c) by referring, for investigation, the NACC corruption issue to the NACC (if the Inspector is satisfied that it is appropriate for the NACC to investigate the issue);
(d) by referring, for consideration, the NACC corruption issue to a Commonwealth agency, the NACC or a State or Territory government entity.
(2) An investigation mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) is a NACC corruption investigation .
NACC corruption investigation threshold--serious or systemic corrupt conduct
(3) The Inspector may conduct, or continue to conduct, a NACC corruption investigation only if the Inspector is of the opinion that the issue could involve corrupt conduct that is serious or systemic.
General matters
(4) NACC corruption issues may be investigated together.
(5) The Inspector may, at any time, reconsider whether or how to deal with a NACC corruption issue.
Inspector may decide to take no action
(6) The Inspector may decide to take no action in relation to a NACC corruption issue.
Inspector under no duty to consider whether to deal with NACC corruption issue
(7) The Inspector does not have a duty to consider whether to deal with a NACC corruption issue under this section, whether the Inspector is requested to do so by the person who referred the issue or by any other person, or in any other circumstances.