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#### 130 Notices about police and administrative employee misconduct matters received by Commissioner
130 Notices about police and administrative employee misconduct matters received by Commissioner
> > (1) As soon as practicable after receiving a complaint, a police officer or other member of the NSW Police Force must forward the complaint to the Commissioner.
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> > Note.
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> > Section 211F imposes a duty on police officers to report misconduct.
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> > (2) The Commissioner is to give the LECC notice of any notifiable misconduct matter received by the Commissioner under this Part or of which the Commissioner becomes aware.
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> > Note.
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> > The LECC may refer notifiable misconduct matters about police misconduct or officer maladministration to the Commissioner for police investigation with recommendations—see section 47 of the [Law Enforcement Conduct Commission Act 2016](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2016-061).
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> > (3) As soon as practicable after deciding under section 131 how to deal with a misconduct matter that is a notifiable misconduct matter, the Commissioner must, in accordance with any relevant misconduct matters management guidelines, notify the LECC of the Commissioner’s decision with respect to the misconduct matter.
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> > (4) Nothing in this section requires notice of a misconduct matter to be given to the LECC if the LECC already has a copy of the misconduct matter.
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> **s 130:** Ins 1998 No 123, Sch 1 \[3\]. Am 2006 No 94, Sch 2 \[25\]. Subst 2016 No 61, Sch 5.1 \[32\].