New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LAW ENFORCEMENT CONDUCT COMMISSION ACT 2016 - SECT 131

131 Functions

(1) The Joint Committee has the following functions under this Act--

(a) to monitor and review the exercise by the Commission and the Inspector of their functions under this or any other Act,

(b) to report to both Houses of Parliament, with such comments as it thinks fit, on any matter relating to the Commission or the Inspector or connected with the exercise of their functions to which, in the opinion of the Joint Committee, the attention of Parliament should be directed,

(c) to examine each annual and other report of the Commission and of the Inspector and report to both Houses of Parliament on any matter appearing in, or arising out of, any such report,

(d) to report to both Houses of Parliament any changes which the Joint Committee thinks desirable to the functions, structures and procedures of the Commission and the Inspector,

(e) to inquire into any question in connection with its functions which is referred to it by both Houses of Parliament, and report to both Houses on that question.

(2) Nothing in this Part authorises the Joint Committee--

(a) to investigate a matter relating to particular conduct, or

(b) to reconsider a decision to investigate, not to investigate or to discontinue investigation of a particular misconduct matter or particular conduct, or

(c) to reconsider the findings, opinions formed, recommendations, determinations or other decisions of the Commission in relation to a particular investigation or a particular misconduct matter, or

(d) to exercise any function referred to in subsection (1) in relation to the Inspector's functions under the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) (New South Wales) Act 1987 .

(3) The provisions of Part 4A of the Ombudsman Act 1974 apply in relation to the Joint Committee's functions under this Act in the same way as they apply in relation to the Joint Committee's functions under that Act.

Note : See also clause 10 of Schedule 1 and clause 12 of Schedule 2.