Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00049:section:17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00049
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 17
Character Range: 66293–67889

17  Functions of the Commissioner
  The Commissioner has the following functions:
 (a) to detect corrupt conduct;
 (b) to conduct preliminary investigations into corruption issues or possible corruption issues;
 (c) to conduct corruption investigations into corruption issues that could involve corrupt conduct that is serious or systemic;
 (d) to report on corruption investigations and public inquiries;
 (e) to refer corruption issues to Commonwealth agencies and State or Territory government entities;
 (f) to oversee investigations into corruption issues conducted by Commonwealth agencies;
 (g) to conduct public inquiries into:
 (i) the risk of corrupt conduct occurring; and
 (ii) measures directed at dealing with that risk and preventing that conduct;
 (h) to provide education and information in relation to corrupt conduct and preventing that conduct;
 (i) to collect, correlate, analyse and disseminate general information and intelligence about corrupt conduct;
 (j) to report, and make recommendations, to the Minister concerning the need for, or desirability of, legislative or administrative reform in relation to any matters dealt with by this Act;
 (k) to provide relevant information and documents to the Committee;
 (l) to receive public interest disclosures (within the meaning of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013) and to deal with those disclosures;
 (m) any other functions conferred on the Commissioner by this Act or another Act;
 (n) to do anything incidental or conducive to the performance of any of the above functions.

Division 2—The Deputy Commissioners