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CRIME AND CORRUPTION ACT 2001 - SECT 34

Principles for performing corruption functions

34 Principles for performing corruption functions

It is the Parliament’s intention that the commission apply the following principles when performing its corruption functions—

(a) Cooperation
• to the greatest extent practicable, the commission and units of public administration should work cooperatively to prevent corruption
• the commission and units of public administration should work cooperatively to deal with corruption
(b) Capacity building
• the commission has a lead role in building the capacity of units of public administration to prevent and deal with cases of corruption effectively and appropriately
(c) Devolution
• subject to the cooperation and public interest principles and the capacity of the unit of public administration, action to prevent and deal with corruption in a unit of public administration should generally happen within the unit
(d) Public interest
• the commission has an overriding responsibility to promote public confidence—
• in the integrity of units of public administration and
• if corruption does happen within a unit of public administration, in the way it is dealt with
• the commission should exercise its power to deal with particular cases of corruption when it is appropriate having primary regard to the following—
• the capacity of, and the resources available to, a unit of public administration to effectively deal with the corruption
• the nature and seriousness of the corruption, particularly if there is reason to believe that corruption is prevalent or systemic within a unit of public administration
• any likely increase in public confidence in having the corruption dealt with by the commission directly.



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