Crime and Corruption Act 2001

The parliamentary committee has the following functions—

to monitor and review the performance of the commission’s functions;

to report to the Legislative Assembly, commenting as it considers appropriate, on either of the following matters the committee considers should be brought to the Assembly’s attention—

matters relevant to the commission;

matters relevant to the performance of the commission’s functions or the exercise of the commission’s powers;

to examine the commission’s annual report and its other reports and report to the Legislative Assembly on any matter appearing in or arising out of the reports;

to report on any matter relevant to the commission’s functions that is referred to it by the Legislative Assembly;

to participate in the selection of commissioners and the chief executive officer, and the removal from office of a commissioner or the chief executive officer, as provided under this Act;

to review the activities of the commission by 30 June 2016, and by the end of each 5-year period following that day, and, for each review, to table in the Legislative Assembly a report about any further action that should be taken in relation to this Act or the functions, powers and operations of the commission;

to periodically review the structure of the commission, including the relationship between the types of commissioners and the roles, functions and powers of the commission, the chairperson and the chief executive officer, and, for each review, to table in the Legislative Assembly a report about the review, including any recommendations about changes to the Act;

to publish, as part of the committee’s annual report under the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001, section 108, information about the committee’s involvement in each nomination of a person for appointment under section 228, including—

the number of days within which the committee notified the Minister as to whether the nomination had bipartisan support; and

if the committee notified the Minister as to whether the nomination had bipartisan support after the time in which the notification was required under section 228—the reasons for the delay in notification; and

if bipartisan support for the nomination was not given—the reasons for the withholding of support;

to issue guidelines and give directions to the commission as provided under this Act.

Information published under subsection (1)(h)(ii) or (iii) must not include personal information or confidential information.

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