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INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION ACT 1988 - SECT 16
Co-operation with other agencies
16 Co-operation with other agencies
(1) In exercising its principal functions relating to the investigation of
conduct, the Commission-- (a) shall, as far as practicable, work in
co-operation with law enforcement agencies, and
(a1) shall, as far as
practicable, work in co-operation with the Electoral Commission in connection
with a referral by the Electoral Commission under section 13A, and
(b) may
work in co-operation with the Auditor-General, the Ombudsman, the Australian
Crime Commission, the Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence and such
other persons and bodies as the Commission thinks appropriate.
(2) In
exercising its other principal functions, the Commission shall, as far as
practicable, work in co-operation with the Auditor-General, the Ombudsman,
educational institutions, management consultants and such other persons and
bodies as the Commission thinks appropriate.
(3) The Commission may consult
with and disseminate intelligence and information to law enforcement agencies,
the Australian Crime Commission, the Australian Bureau of Criminal
Intelligence and such other persons and bodies (including any task force and
any member of a task force) as the Commission thinks appropriate.
(4) If the
Commission disseminates information to a person or body under this section on
the understanding that the information is confidential, the person or body is
subject to the secrecy provisions of section 111 in relation to the
information.
(5) In this section--
"law enforcement agency" means-- (a) the NSW Police Force, or
(b) a police
force of another State or Territory, or
(c) the Australian Federal Police, or
(d) any other authority or person responsible for the enforcement of the laws
of the Commonwealth or of the State, another State or a Territory.
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