S. 63(1) amended by No. 31/2024 s. 113(Sch. 1 item 1.108(a)).
(1) Subject to subsection (2), if Integrity Oversight Victoria considers on reasonable grounds there are documents or other things that are relevant to an inquiry in relation to the IBAC or IBAC personnel which are on IBAC premises, Integrity Oversight Victoria may authorise an Integrity Oversight Victoria Officer, with such assistance as the Integrity Oversight Victoria Officer thinks fit, to—
S. 63(1)(d) amended by No. 31/2024 s. 113(Sch. 1 item 1.108
(a)(i)).
(d) seize any document or other thing found at those premises that is relevant to the inquiry and keep it until Integrity Oversight Victoria has completed its inquiry.
S. 63(2) amended by No. 31/2024 s. 113(Sch. 1 item 1.108(b)).
(2) Integrity Oversight Victoria must not exercise the power conferred by subsection (1) in respect of the IBAC unless Integrity Oversight Victoria considers on reasonable grounds that the IBAC, or any IBAC personnel, has wilfully failed to give assistance in accordance with section 48(1).
S. 63(3) amended by No. 31/2024 s. 113(Sch. 1 item 1.108(c)).
(3) Subject to subsection (4), if Integrity Oversight Victoria considers on reasonable grounds there are documents or other things that are relevant to an inquiry in relation to a VAGO officer which are on VAGO premises, Integrity Oversight Victoria may authorise an Integrity Oversight Victoria Officer, with such assistance as the Integrity Oversight Victoria Officer thinks fit, to—
S. 63(3)(d) amended by No. 31/2024 s. 113(Sch. 1 item 1.108
(c)(i)).
(d) seize any document or other thing found at those premises that is relevant to the inquiry and keep it until Integrity Oversight Victoria has completed its inquiry.
S. 63(4) amended by No. 31/2024 s. 113(Sch. 1 item 1.108(d)).
(4) Integrity Oversight Victoria must not exercise the power conferred by subsection (3) unless Integrity Oversight Victoria considers on reasonable grounds that the Auditor-General or any VAGO officer has wilfully failed to give assistance in accordance with section 48(2).
S. 63(5) amended by No. 31/2024 s. 113(Sch. 1 item 1.108(e)).
(5) Subject to subsection (6), if Integrity Oversight Victoria considers on reasonable grounds there are documents or other things that are relevant to an inquiry in relation to an Ombudsman officer which are on Ombudsman premises, Integrity Oversight Victoria may authorise an Integrity Oversight Victoria Officer, with such assistance as the Integrity Oversight Victoria Officer thinks fit, to—
S. 63(5)(d) amended by No. 31/2024 s. 113(Sch. 1 item 1.108
(e)(i)).
(d) seize any document or other thing found at those premises that is relevant to the inquiry and keep it until Integrity Oversight Victoria has completed its inquiry.
S. 63(6) amended by No. 31/2024 s. 113(Sch. 1 item 1.108(f)).
(6) Integrity Oversight Victoria must not exercise the power conferred by subsection (5) unless Integrity Oversight Victoria considers on reasonable grounds that the Ombudsman or any Ombudsman officer has wilfully failed to give assistance in accordance with section 48(3).
S. 63(6A) inserted by No. 27/2024 s. 178, amended by No. 27/2024 s. 188(Sch. 3 item 1.3(a)).
(6A) Subject to subsection (6B), if Integrity Oversight Victoria considers on reasonable grounds there are documents or other things that are relevant to an inquiry in relation to the Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Commission or a Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Commission officer which are on Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Commission premises, Integrity Oversight Victoria may authorise an Integrity Oversight Victoria Officer, with such assistance as Integrity Oversight Victoria Officer thinks fit, to—
S. 63(6A)(d) amended by No. 27/2024 s. 188(Sch. 3 item 1.3(a)(i)).
(d) seize any document or other thing found at those premises that is relevant to the inquiry and keep it until Integrity Oversight Victoria has completed its inquiry.
S. 63(6B) inserted by No. 27/2024 s. 178, amended by No. 27/2024 s. 188(Sch. 3 item 1.3(b)).
(6B) Integrity Oversight Victoria must not exercise the power conferred by subsection (6A) in respect of the Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Commission unless Integrity Oversight Victoria considers on reasonable grounds that the Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Commission, or any Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Commission officer, has wilfully failed to give assistance in accordance with section 48(3A).
S. 63(7) amended by No. 31/2024 s. 113(Sch. 1 item 1.108(g)).
(7) Subject to subsection (8), if Integrity Oversight Victoria considers on reasonable grounds there are documents or other things that are relevant to an inquiry in relation to the Chief Examiner or an Examiner which are on the premises of the Chief Examiner, Integrity Oversight Victoria may authorise an Integrity Oversight Victoria Officer, with such assistance as the Integrity Oversight Victoria Officer thinks fit, and after notifying the Chief Examiner to—
S. 63(7)(d) amended by No. 31/2024 s. 113(Sch. 1 item 1.108
(g)(i)).
(d) seize any document or other thing found at those premises that is relevant to the inquiry and keep it until Integrity Oversight Victoria has completed its inquiry.
S. 63(8) amended by No. 31/2024 s. 113(Sch. 1 item 1.108(h)).
(8) Integrity Oversight Victoria must not exercise the power conferred by subsection (7) unless Integrity Oversight Victoria considers on reasonable grounds that the Chief Examiner or an Examiner has wilfully failed to give assistance in accordance with section 48(4).
S. 63(9) inserted by No. 20/2017 s. 120, amended by No. 31/2024 s. 113(Sch. 1 item 1.108(i)).
(9) Subject to subsection (10), if Integrity Oversight Victoria considers on reasonable grounds there are documents that are relevant to an inquiry in relation to an officer of the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner which are on the premises of the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner, Integrity Oversight Victoria may authorise an Integrity Oversight Victoria Officer, with such assistance as the Integrity Oversight Victoria Officer thinks fit, and after notifying the Information Commissioner to—
(b) search those premises for documents that are relevant to the inquiry; and
(c) inspect or copy any document found at those premises; and
S. 63(9)(d) amended by No. 31/2024 s. 113(Sch. 1 item 1.108
(i)(i)).
(d) seize any document found at those premises that is relevant to the inquiry and keep it until Integrity Oversight Victoria has completed its inquiry.
S. 63(10) inserted by No. 20/2017 s. 120, amended by No. 31/2024 s. 113(Sch. 1 item 1.108(j)).
(10) Integrity Oversight Victoria must not exercise the power conferred by subsection (9) unless Integrity Oversight Victoria considers on reasonable grounds that the officer of the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner has wilfully failed to give assistance in accordance with section 48(5).
S. 63(11) inserted by No. 21/2020 s. 93, amended by No. 31/2024 s. 113(Sch. 1 item 1.108(k)), repealed by No. 35/2025 s. 100.
S. 63(12) inserted by No. 21/2020 s. 93, amended by No. 31/2024 s. 113(Sch. 1 item 1.108(l)), repealed by No. 35/2025 s. 100.
S. 63(13)(14) inserted by No. 50/2021 s. 117, repealed by No. 31/2023 s. 32.