16Nominated contact of an agency

16 Nominated contact of an agency

16 Nominated contact of an agency

(1) For the purposes of this Act—

head of an agency means—

(a) if the agency is the NSW Police Force—the Commissioner of Police, or

(b) if the agency is the Crime Commission—the Crime Commissioner, or

(c) in any other case—the chief executive officer or other principal officer of the agency.

nominated contact of an agency in relation to an investigation means—

(a) one or more staff members of the agency nominated under this section as the nominated contacts for the investigation, or

(b) if a staff member is not nominated—the head of the agency.

(2) The head of an agency may nominate a staff member of the agency as the contact for an investigation if the Commission—

(a) decides to deal with a misconduct matter by referring it to that agency for investigation, or

(b) decides to deal with a misconduct matter by overseeing an investigation of the misconduct matter by that agency, or

(c) decides to oversee an investigation of a critical incident by that agency.