Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If an authority established under a law of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, has power to investigate action taken by the National Anti - Corruption Commissioner or a staff member of the NACC, the Ombudsman may arrange with the head of the authority for the authority to investigate the action.
(2) If the Ombudsman enters into such an arrangement, the authority may investigate the action to the full extent of its powers under any laws of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory.
(3) The Ombudsman may arrange with the head of the authority for the variation or revocation of the arrangement.
(4) The arrangement, or the variation or revocation of the arrangement, must be in writing.
(5) The regulations may make provision for and in relation to the participation by the Ombudsman in the carrying out of an investigation in accordance with an arrangement under this section.
(6) Nothing in this section affects the powers and duties of the Ombudsman under any other provision of this Act.
(7) In this section:
"staff member" of the NACC has the same meaning as in the National Anti - Corruption Commission Act 2022 .