Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If an authority established under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory has power to investigate action taken by the ACC, or a member of the staff of the ACC, the Ombudsman may enter into an arrangement with the authority for such an investigation.
(2) If the Ombudsman enters into such an arrangement with an authority established under a law of a State or a Territory, the authority may conduct the investigation to the full extent of its powers under State or Territory law.
(3) The Ombudsman may arrange with the authority for the variation or revocation of the arrangement.
(4) The arrangement may relate to particular action or actions, to a series of related actions or to actions included in a class of actions.
(5) The arrangement, or the variation or revocation of the arrangement, must be in writing.
(6) The regulations may make provision for and in relation to the participation by the Ombudsman in the carrying out of an investigation in accordance with an arrangement under this section.
(7) Nothing in this section affects the powers and duties of the Ombudsman under any other provision of this Act.
(8) In this section:
"member of the staff of the ACC" has the same meaning as in the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 .