19Notification of corruption issues by law enforcement agency heads

#### 19 Notification of corruption issues by law enforcement agency heads (1) As soon as practicable after the head of a law enforcement agency becomes aware of an allegation, or information, that raises a corruption issue that relates to the agency, the head of the agency must: (a) notify the Integrity Commissioner in writing of the corruption issue (including a description of the corruption issue and the allegation or information giving rise to the corruption issue); and (b) indicate whether the corruption issue is a significant corruption issue. (2) The head of the agency does not need to take action under subsection (1), however, if the head of the agency: (a) has already notified the Integrity Commissioner of the corruption issue under subsection (1); or (b) has reasonable grounds to believe that the Integrity Commissioner is already aware of the allegation or the information. (3) The action taken under subsection (1) must be taken in accordance with any agreement entered into under section 17 between the head of the agency and the Integrity Commissioner. (4) With the agreement of the Integrity Commissioner, the head of the agency may: (a) notify the Integrity Commissioner under subsection (1) of a corruption issue; and (b) indicate whether the corruption issue is a significant corruption issue; by entering the required details on a database. (5) This section applies to a corruption issue that relates to a staff member of the former NCA as if the staff member were a staff member of the ACC.