Western Australian Current Acts

CORRUPTION, CRIME AND MISCONDUCT ACT 2003 - SECT 45Q

45Q .         Action by Public Sector Commissioner: special inquiry or investigation

        (1)         If the Public Sector Commissioner decides to take action under section 45M(a) in relation to an allegation, the Public Sector Commissioner may —

            (a)         arrange for the holding of a special inquiry into the allegation; or

            (b)         investigate the allegation.

        (2)         For the purposes of subsection (1), the Public Sector Management Act 1994 Part 3A Division 3 Subdivisions 2 and 3 (except sections 24H(2) to (6) and 24K(2)) apply (with the necessary changes) as if —

            (a)         a reference to a special inquiry or investigation were a reference to a special inquiry or investigation under subsection (1); and

            (b)         a reference to a public sector body were a reference to a notifying authority.

        (3)         This section does not limit the action that the Public Sector Commissioner may take under section 45M(a).

        [Section 45Q inserted: No. 35 of 2014 s. 21.]