New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LAW ENFORCEMENT CONDUCT COMMISSION ACT 2016 - SECT 40

40 Commission may request further information from complainant

(1) For the purpose of making a decision with respect to a complaint under section 44, the Commission may (without exercising any of its investigation powers under sections 51 and 52) do any one or more of the following--

(a) request the complainant to discuss the complaint with the Commission for the purpose of providing further information concerning the complaint,

(b) request the complainant to provide further written particulars concerning the complaint within the time specified by the Commission,

(c) request the complainant to verify by statutory declaration his or her complaint, or any particulars given by the complainant concerning his or her complaint.

(2) The Commission may withdraw the request if the complainant objects and the Commission is satisfied that the grounds of the objection are well-founded.

(3) If the Commission makes a request (and it is not withdrawn), the Commission is to take no further action in connection with the complaint concerned until the request is complied with or until a reasonable time for compliance with the request has elapsed.

(4) If the request is not complied with within a reasonable time, the Commission may treat the complaint concerned as having been withdrawn.