Crimes Act 1914

The Ombudsman must, from time to time and at least once every 12 months, inspect the records of each authorising agency, except the ACC, to determine the extent of compliance with this Part by the agency and by law enforcement officers of that agency.

For the purpose of an inspection under this section, the Ombudsman:

may, after notifying the chief officer of the agency, enter at any reasonable time premises occupied by the agency; and

is entitled to have full and free access at all reasonable times to all records of the agency that are relevant to the inspection; and

may require a member of staff of the agency to give the Ombudsman any information that the Ombudsman considers necessary, being information that is in the member’s possession, or to which the member has access, and that is relevant to the inspection; and

may, despite any other law, make copies of, and take extracts from, records of the agency.

The chief officer must ensure that members of staff of the agency give the Ombudsman any assistance the Ombudsman reasonably requires to enable the Ombudsman to perform functions under this section.

Nothing in this section requires the Ombudsman to inspect records relating to operations that have not been completed at the time of the inspection.