Crime and Corruption Act 2001

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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.