Independent Commission Against Corruption Amendment (Operations Review Committee) Act 2006 (NSW)

An Act to amend the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988 to abolish the Operations Review Committee.

1Name of Act

This Act is the Independent Commission Against Corruption Amendment (Operations Review Committee) Act 2006.

2Commencement

This Act commences on the date of assent.

3Amendment of Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988 No 35

The Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

4Repeal of Act(1)

This Act is repealed on the day following the date of assent.

(2)

The repeal of this Act does not, because of the operation of section 30 of the Interpretation Act 1987, affect any amendment made by this Act.

Schedule 1Amendments

(Section 3)

[1]Section 20 Investigations generally

Omit section 20 (4).

[2]Part 6 Operations Review Committee

Omit the Part.

[3]Section 111 Secrecy

Omit section 111 (1) (c).

[4]Schedule 2 Provisions applying to appointed members of Operations Review Committee

Omit the Schedule.

[5]Schedule 4 Savings, transitional and other provisions

Insert at the end of the Schedule:

Part 6Provisions consequent on enactment of Independent Commission Against Corruption Amendment (Operations Review Committee) Act 200616Definition

In this Part:

amending Act means the Independent Commission Against Corruption Amendment (Operations Review Committee) Act 2006.

17Abolition of Committee(1)

The Operations Review Committee is abolished.

(2)

A person who ceases to hold office as a member of the Operations Review Committee because of its abolition is not entitled to any remuneration or compensation because of the loss of that office.

18Existing complaints and other matters

Despite the Interpretation Act 1987 or any other law, the Operations Review Committee does not continue in existence to provide advice with respect to:

• (a)

  the investigation of any complaint, or

• (b)

  any other matter referred to the Committee by the Commissioner,

because the complaint was made, or the matter was referred, before the repeal of Part 6 of this Act by the amending Act.

19Secrecy

Despite the repeal of section 111 (1) (c) by the amending Act, section 111 continues to apply to and in respect of a person who was a member of the Operations Review Committee as if that paragraph had not been repealed.