Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00498:section:81
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00498
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 81
Character Range: 74723–76940

81  Commission may give information, evidence, documents etc.
 (1) This section applies (subject to subsection (6)) to information, evidence, a document or other thing obtained by a Commission in the course of investigating an allegation.

Giving to law enforcement authorities
 (2) If the information relates or may relate to a contravention of a law described in subsection (3), or the evidence is of such a contravention, the Commission may give the information or evidence to one or more of the following:
 (a) the Attorney‑General of the Commonwealth, a State, the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory;
 (b) the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory;
 (c) a Special Prosecutor appointed under the Special Prosecutors Act 1982;
 (d) the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police or of the police force of a State or of the Northern Territory;
 (e) the authority or person responsible for the administration or enforcement of that law.
 (3) Subsection (2) applies in relation to a contravention of a law if:
 (a) the law is a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; and
 (b) the contravention is punishable by a criminal, civil or administrative penalty.

Giving to Royal Commissions
 (4) The Commission may give:
 (a) a Royal Commission within the meaning of the Royal Commissions Act 1902; or
 (b) a Royal Commission of a State or a Territory;
the information, evidence, document or other thing, or the content of the document or a description of the thing, if the Commission believes it relates or may relate to a matter the Royal Commission is required or permitted to inquire into.

Giving to the Australian Crime Commission
 (5) The Commission may give the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Crime Commission the information, evidence, document or other thing, or the content of the document or a description of the thing, if the Commission believes it is or may be relevant to the performance of the functions of the Australian Crime Commission.

No limit on the Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987
 (6) This section is not intended to limit or otherwise affect the operation of section 16 of the Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987.