Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A Commission is not bound by the rules of evidence and may be informed on any matter in any manner it thinks fit.
Previous official inquiries and investigations
( 2 ) In considering an allegation, a Commission must consider the outcome of any previous official inquiry or official investigation into the allegation so far as the Commission thinks it necessary or desirable to do so.
( 3 ) The Commission is not (subject to subsection ( 4)) precluded by :
(a) any other Australian law ; or
( b ) any privileges of either House of the Parliament ;
from obtaining access to the records of evidence given at, or findings made as a result of, such an inquiry or investigation .
(4) Subsection ( 3) is not intended to limit or otherwise affect the operation of section 16 of the Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987 .
O fficial inquiries and investigations
( 5 ) Without limiting the meaning of official inquiry , that expression includes :
(a) a Royal Commission within the meaning of the Royal Commissions Act 1902 ; and
(b) a Royal Commis sion of a State or a Territory; and
(c) a commission of inquiry of the Commonwealth , a State or a Territory.
(6 ) Without limiting the meaning of official investigation , that expression includes :
(a) an investigation into a complaint about a Judge within the meaning of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 ; and
(c) an investigation into a complaint about a Judge within the meaning of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021 ; and
(d) the consideration of a matter by the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Commonwealth , a State or a Territory; and
( e ) an investigation by the Australian Federal Police .