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NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION ACT 2022 - SECT 214

Inspector's powers to investigate

  (1)   Divisions   2 to 6 and 8 of Part   7, and sections   117, 118, 120, 267 and 268, apply in relation to the investigation with the modifications set out in the following table:

 

Modifications

Item

A reference to...

is taken to...

1

the Commissioner

be a reference to the Inspector.

2

the NACC

be a reference to the Inspector.

3

a NACC Commissioner

be a reference to the Inspector.

4

a corruption issue

be a reference to:

(a) a NACC corruption issue; or

(b) a complaint made in relation to the conduct or activities of the NACC or a staff member of the NACC.

5

a corruption investigation

be a reference to:

(a) a NACC corruption investigation; or

(b) a NACC complaint investigation.

6

an authorised officer

be a reference to a person appointed by the Inspector under section   267 (appointment of authorised officers) as applied by this section.

7

an agency head

include a reference to the Commissioner.

8

a head

include a reference to the Commissioner.

9

a Commonwealth agency

include a reference to the NACC.

10

an agency

include a reference to the NACC.

11

a staff member of the NACC

be a reference to:

(a) the Inspector; or

(b) a person assisting the Inspector.

  (2)   However:

  (a)   Subdivision E of Division   3 of Part   7 (travel documents and arrest of witnesses) does not apply for the purposes of a NACC complaint investigation; and

  (b)   the following provisions of that Part, as applied by this section, do not authorise, in the context of a NACC complaint investigation, the taking of any action in relation to a post - charge or a post - confiscation application event:

  (i)   Subdivision B of Division   2 (notices to produce);

  (ii)   Division   3 (hearings); and

  (c)   item   6 of the table in subsection   (1) does not apply to subsections   267(1) and (4); and

  (d)   item   11 of the table in subsection   (1) does not apply to the following provisions:

  (i)   paragraph   104(3)(a);

  (ii)   paragraph   143(3)(a).



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