21ACMA may investigate matters

21 ACMA may investigate matters

(1) The ACMA may , on its own initiative or in response to a complaint made under Division 1, investigate any of the following matters if the ACMA thinks that it is desirable to do so: (a) whether a person has contravened a provision of: (i) Part 2; or (ii) Part 2A; or (iia) Part 2B; or (iii) Part 7A; or (iv) Part 7B; (b) whether: (i) an internet service provider has contravened a code registered under Part 4 that is applicable to the provider; or (ii) an internet service provider has contravened an online provider rule that is applicable to the provider. Referral of complaint to an Australian police force (2) If a complaint alleges that a person has contravened an offence provision of this Act, the ACMA may refer the complaint, to the extent that the complaint relates to the alleged contravention, to a member of an Australian police force. (2A) If the ACMA refers a complaint to a member of an Australian police force, the ACMA must give written notice to the complainant stating that the complaint has been so referred. (3) The manner in which a complaint may be referred under subsection (2) to a member of an Australian police force includes (but is not limited to) a manner ascertained in accordance with an arrangement between the ACMA and the chief (however described) of the police force concerned. (4) If a complaint is referred to a member of an Australian police force under subsection (2), the member may refer the complaint to a member of another Australian police force. (5) This section does not, by implication, limit the ACMA’s powers to refer other matters to a member of an Australian police force.