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Crime and Corruption Act 2001
sec.36Complaining about corruption
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### sec.36 Complaining about corruption
A person may make a complaint about corruption to the commission for the purpose of the commission dealing with the complaint under section 35 .
Subsection (1) does not limit to whom a person can complain about corruption.
A person may complain directly to the commissioner of police about corruption.
A person may complain directly to the chief executive of a government department about corruption happening within the department.
A person may also give information or matter involving corruption to the commission.
information given to the commission through a commission activity, including, for example—
evidence given by a witness at a commission hearing
information obtained through telephone interception or a covert operation
evidence gathered through a corruption investigation
a routine departmental audit report
an intelligence report from a law enforcement agency
a Crime Stoppers report
information about a significant police event such as a death in police custody or police shooting
information or matter referred to the commission by a coroner, a court, a commission of inquiry or another investigative body or public inquiry
s 36 amd 2014 No. 21 s 16 ; 2016 No. 19 s 13
(sec.36-ssec.1) A person may make a complaint about corruption to the commission for the purpose of the commission dealing with the complaint under section 35 .
(sec.36-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not limit to whom a person can complain about corruption. A person may complain directly to the commissioner of police about corruption. A person may complain directly to the chief executive of a government department about corruption happening within the department.
(sec.36-ssec.3) A person may also give information or matter involving corruption to the commission. information given to the commission through a commission activity, including, for example— evidence given by a witness at a commission hearing information obtained through telephone interception or a covert operation evidence gathered through a corruption investigation a routine departmental audit report an intelligence report from a law enforcement agency a Crime Stoppers report information about a significant police event such as a death in police custody or police shooting information or matter referred to the commission by a coroner, a court, a commission of inquiry or another investigative body or public inquiry
- 1 A person may complain directly to the commissioner of police about corruption.
- 2 A person may complain directly to the chief executive of a government department about corruption happening within the department.
- • information given to the commission through a commission activity, including, for example— • evidence given by a witness at a commission hearing • information obtained through telephone interception or a covert operation • evidence gathered through a corruption investigation • a routine departmental audit report • an intelligence report from a law enforcement agency • a Crime Stoppers report • information about a significant police event such as a death in police custody or police shooting • information or matter referred to the commission by a coroner, a court, a commission of inquiry or another investigative body or public inquiry
- • evidence given by a witness at a commission hearing
- • information obtained through telephone interception or a covert operation
- • evidence gathered through a corruption investigation
- • a routine departmental audit report
- • an intelligence report from a law enforcement agency
- • a Crime Stoppers report
- • information about a significant police event such as a death in police custody or police shooting
- • information or matter referred to the commission by a coroner, a court, a commission of inquiry or another investigative body or public inquiry
- • evidence given by a witness at a commission hearing
- • information obtained through telephone interception or a covert operation
- • evidence gathered through a corruption investigation
- • a routine departmental audit report
- • an intelligence report from a law enforcement agency
- • a Crime Stoppers report
- • information about a significant police event such as a death in police custody or police shooting
- • information or matter referred to the commission by a coroner, a court, a commission of inquiry or another investigative body or public inquiry