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Law Enforcement Conduct Commission Act 2016
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16 Nominated contact of an agency
> > (1) For the purposes of this Act—
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> > head of an agency means—
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> > > (a) if the agency is the NSW Police Force—the Commissioner of Police, or
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> > > (b) if the agency is the Crime Commission—the Crime Commissioner, or
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> > > (c) in any other case—the chief executive officer or other principal officer of the agency.
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> > nominated contact of an agency in relation to an investigation means—
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> > > (a) one or more staff members of the agency nominated under this section as the nominated contacts for the investigation, or
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> > > (b) if a staff member is not nominated—the head of the agency.
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> > (2) The head of an agency may nominate a staff member of the agency as the contact for an investigation if the Commission—
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> > > (a) decides to deal with a misconduct matter by referring it to that agency for investigation, or
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> > > (b) decides to deal with a misconduct matter by overseeing an investigation of the misconduct matter by that agency, or
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> > > (c) decides to oversee an investigation of a critical incident by that agency.