Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 2012

For the purposes of an investigation into corruption in public administration, the Commissioner may, by written notice, authorise an investigator to inspect and take copies of financial records.

A copy of an authorisation under this section must be served on the relevant deposit holder not less than 3 clear days before the inspection is to occur, unless the Commissioner otherwise directs.

An investigator may, for the purpose of inspecting and taking copies of financial records in accordance with an authorisation under this section, give directions to, or impose requirements on, the deposit holder or an officer or employee of the deposit holder.

In this section—

an

a friendly society; or

a person or an organisation that holds money in accounts on behalf of other persons; or

a person who carries on business as a pawnbroker; or

an institution of a kind declared by regulation to be a deposit holder;

books of account, accounts, and accounting records (including working papers and other documents necessary to explain the methods and calculations by which accounts are made up);

books, diaries, or other records used in the course of carrying on the business of a deposit holder;

cheques, bills of exchange, promissory notes, deposit slips, orders for the payment of money, invoices, receipts and vouchers;

securities, and documents of title to securities, and includes such records kept in electronic form.