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POLICE INTEGRITY ACT 2008 (NO. 34 OF 2008) - SECT 24

Disclosure of information to law enforcement agencies and corresponding authorities

    (1)     The Director may disclose to the Chief Commissioner or another member of Victoria Police any information obtained or received in the course or as a result of the performance of the functions of the Director under this Act, being information relating to a matter—

        (a)     relevant to the performance of functions or duties by the Chief Commissioner or other member; or

        (b)     arising out of a joint undertaking between the Office of Police Integrity and Victoria Police.

    (2)     The Director may disclose to a law enforcement agency, a law enforcement officer or a corresponding authority of another jurisdiction any information obtained or received in the course or as a result of the performance of the functions of the Director under this Act, being information relating to a matter—

        (a)     arising under an Act of the other jurisdiction; or

        (b)     arising out of a joint undertaking between Victoria and the other jurisdiction.

    (3)     In this section—

corresponding authority of another jurisdiction, means—

        (a)     the Australian Crime Commission;

        (b)     the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity;

        (c)     the Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia;

        (d)     the Crime and Misconduct Commission of Queensland;

        (e)     the Independent Commission Against Corruption of New South Wales;

        (f)     the New South Wales Crime Commission;

        (g)     the Police Integrity Commission of New South Wales;

        (h)     any other person or body having the function under the law of that other jurisdiction of investigating the conduct of law enforcement agencies or law enforcement officers of that other jurisdiction;

jurisdiction means the Commonwealth or a State or Territory of the Commonwealth;

law enforcement agency of another jurisdiction, means—

        (a)     the police force or police service (however described) of that jurisdiction; or

        (b)     a body prescribed by the regulations as a law enforcement agency of that jurisdiction;

law enforcement officer of another jurisdiction, means a member, officer, employee or member of staff (however described) of a law enforcement agency of that jurisdiction.



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