Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Despite section 47, if the agency is an investigative agency that has a separate investigative power in relation to the disclosure, the principal officer of the agency may decide:
(a) to investigate the disclosure under that separate investigative power; and
(b) not to investigate the disclosure, or (if the investigation has started) not to investigate the disclosure further, under this Act.
(2) A separate investigative power , in relation to the disclosure, is a power that an investigative agency has, otherwise than under this Act, to investigate the disclosure.
Note 1: Under the Ombudsman Act 1976 , the Ombudsman has power to investigate a disclosure allocated to the Ombudsman.
Note 2: Under the Inspector - General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 , the IGIS has power to investigate a disclosure allocated to the IGIS.
(3) On completing its investigation of the disclosure under its separate investigative power, the investigative agency must inform:
(a) the principal officers of each of the agencies to which any of the conduct disclosed relates; and
(b) the discloser;
that the investigation is complete.
(4) Paragraph (3)(b) does not apply if contacting the
discloser is not reasonably practicable.