Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Commission has
a function (the prevention and education function ) of helping to prevent
misconduct.
(2) Without limiting
the ways the Commission may perform the prevention and education function, the
Commission performs that function by —
(a)
analysing the intelligence it gathers in support of its investigations into
organised crime and misconduct; and
(ab)
analysing the results of its investigations and the information it gathers in
performing its functions; and
(ac)
analysing systems used within public authorities to prevent misconduct; and
(ad)
using information it gathers from any source in support of its prevention and
education function; and
(b)
providing information to, consulting with, and making recommendations to
public authorities; and
(c)
providing information relevant to its prevention and education function to the
general community; and
(ca)
ensuring that in performing all of its functions it has regard to its
prevention and education function; and
(cb)
generally increasing the capacity of public authorities to prevent misconduct
by providing advice and training to those authorities, if asked, to other
entities; and
(d)
reporting on ways to prevent misconduct.
[Section 17, formerly section 15,
amended by No. 78 of 2003 s. 12; renumbered as section 17 by No. 78
of 2003 s. 35(1).]