Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIME AND CORRUPTION ACT 2001 - SECT 50

50 Commission may prosecute corrupt conduct

(1) This section applies if the commission reports to the chief executive officer of a unit of public administration under section 49 that—

(a) a complaint, matter or information involves, or may involve, corrupt conduct by a prescribed person in the unit; and

(b) there is evidence supporting the start of a disciplinary proceeding for corrupt conduct against the prescribed person.

(2) The commission may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act , to QCAT for an order under section 219I against the prescribed person.

(3) In this section—

"prescribed person" means—

(a) a person—

(i) who is a member of the police service; or

(ii) being a member of the police service, whose employment as a member of the police service ends after the corrupt conduct happens, regardless of whether the employment ends before or after the start of a disciplinary proceeding for the corrupt conduct; or

(b) a person (other than a judge or holder of judicial office, or a member of the police service)—

(i) who holds an appointment in a unit of public administration; or

(ii) who held an appointment in a unit of public administration that ended after the corrupt conduct happened, regardless of whether the appointment ended before or after the start of a disciplinary proceeding for the conduct.