Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIME AND CORRUPTION ACT 2001 - SECT 48A

48A Policy about how complaints involving public official are to be dealt with

(1) A public official must, in consultation with the chairperson, prepare a policy about how the unit of public administration for which the official is responsible will deal with a complaint that involves or may involve corruption of the public official.

(2) The policy may nominate a person other than the public official to notify the commission of the complaint under section 37 or 38 , and to deal with the complaint under subdivision 1 or 2 , on behalf of the public official.

(3) If the policy includes a nomination as mentioned in subsection (2) , this Act applies as if a reference about notifying or dealing with the complaint to the public official were a reference to the nominated person.

Example of operation of subsection (3)—

If a policy prepared under this section for a unit of public administration includes a nomination as mentioned in subsection (2) —

(a) under section 38 as applying under subsection (3) , the nominated person must notify the commission of complaints about the relevant public official that the person suspects involve or may involve corrupt conduct; and

(b) under section 35 (1) (b) as applying under subsection (3) , the commission may refer complaints about the relevant public official to the nominated person for the nominated person to deal with; and

(c) under section 42 or 44 as applying under subsection (3) , the nominated person must deal with complaints about the relevant public official referred to the nominated person by the commission.

(4) In this section—

"complaint" includes information or matter.