Reports
42 Reports
The
Commission may prepare a report setting out (subject to subsection (1a))—
recommendations, formulated in the course of the performance of the Commission's functions, for the amendment or repeal of a law; or
findings or recommendations resulting from completed investigations by the
Commission in respect of matters raising potential issues of corruption in public administration; or
other matters arising in the course of the performance of the Commission's functions that the Commission considers to be in the public interest to disclose.
The
Commission must not—
prepare a report under this section setting out findings or recommendations resulting from a completed investigation into a potential issue of corruption in public administration unless—
all criminal proceedings arising from that investigation are complete;
or
the
Commission is satisfied that no criminal proceedings will be commenced as a result of the investigation, in which case the report must not identify any person involved in the investigation; or
prepare a report under this section that includes any findings or suggestions of criminal or civil liability and must not include any findings that, if proved to the requisite standard by a court, would constitute a criminal offence or a civil wrong.
A copy of the report must be provided—
in the case of a report of a kind referred to in subsection (1)(b)—to the public authority responsible for any public officer to whom the report relates and to the Minister responsible for that public authority; and
in any case—to the Attorney‑General, the President of the
Legislative Council and the Speaker of the House of Assembly.
The
President of the Legislative Council and the Speaker of the House of
Assembly must, on the first sitting day after 28 days (or such shorter number of days as the Attorney‑General approves) have passed after receiving a report, lay it before their respective
Houses.
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