Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

LAW ENFORCEMENT INTEGRITY COMMISSIONER ACT 2006 - SECT 199

Police officers

             (1)  The Integrity Commissioner may make an arrangement with:

                     (a)  the Commissioner of the AFP; or

                     (b)  the head (however described) of the police force of:

                              (i)  a State or Territory; or

                             (ii)  a foreign country;

under which the AFP or the police force may make its members available to the Integrity Commissioner to perform services in connection with the performance or exercise of any of the Integrity Commissioner's functions or powers.

Officers and employees

             (2)  The Integrity Commissioner may make an arrangement with:

                     (a)  the Agency Head (within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999 ) of a Commonwealth government agency (other than the AFP); or

                     (b)  the head of an integrity agency for a State or Territory; or

                     (c)  the head of an overseas government agency that has similar functions to an integrity agency for a State or Territory;

under which the agency concerned may make its officers or employees available to the Integrity Commissioner to perform services in connection with the performance or exercise of any of the Integrity Commissioner's functions or powers.

             (3)  A person made available under an arrangement under subsection (1) or (2) may only be engaged for a period of up to 2 years. However, a person's engagement may be extended beyond 2 years for the sole purpose of completing a particular task or project begun in the initial 2 year period.

             (4)  An arrangement under subsection (1) or (2) may provide for the Commonwealth to reimburse a State or Territory, or the government of a foreign country, with respect to the services of a person or persons to whom the arrangement relates.