Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 2012

The primary objects of this Act are—

to establish the Independent Commission Against Corruption with functions designed to further—

the identification and investigation of corruption in public administration; and

the prevention or minimisation of corruption in public administration, including through referral of potential issues, education and evaluation of practices, policies and procedures; and

to establish the Office for Public Integrity to manage complaints about public administration with a view to—

the identification of corruption, misconduct and maladministration in public administration; and

ensuring that complaints about public administration are dealt with by the most appropriate person or body; and

to achieve an appropriate balance between the public interest in exposing corruption, misconduct and maladministration in public administration and the public interest in avoiding undue prejudice to a person's reputation (recognising that the balance may be weighted differently in relation to corruption in public administration as compared to misconduct or maladministration in public administration).

Whilst any potential issue of corruption, misconduct or maladministration in public administration may be the subject of a complaint or report under this Act and may be assessed and referred to a relevant body in accordance with this Act, it is intended—

that the Commission will exercise its functions only in relation to corruption in public administration; and

that matters raising potential issues of misconduct or maladministration in public administration will be referred to another inquiry agency or to a public authority.