44Appointment of investigator

44 Appointment of investigator

(1)  If the chief executive officer makes a determination that the Integrity Commission should investigate a complaint, the chief executive officer is to appoint an investigator to conduct an investigation of the complaint.

(2)  If a determination to investigate a complaint is made, the chief executive officer may, if he or she considers it appropriate, give written notice to –

(a) the principal officer of any relevant public authority; and

(b) the complainant; and

(c) any public officer who is the subject of the complaint –

that an investigator has been appointed to investigate the complaint.

(3)  Any notice given under subsection (2)  –

(a) may include details of the complaint; and

(b) may include, if the chief executive officer considers it appropriate, any report of the assessor in relation to the complaint.

(4)  Section 98 applies to a notice under subsection (2) if the notice provides that it is a confidential document.