Crime and Corruption (Restoring Reporting Powers) Amendment Bill 2025 (Qld)

An Act to amend the Crime and Corruption Act 2001 and the Crime and Corruption and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Crime and Corruption (Restoring Reporting Powers) Amendment Act 2025.

Part 2 Amendment of Crime and Corruption Act 2001

2 Act amended This part amends the Crime and Corruption Act 2001.

3 Amendment of ch 2, hdg (Commission functions, investigations and reporting) Chapter 2, heading, 'and reporting'— omit, insert— , reporting and statements

4 Amendment of s 35 (How commission performs its corruption functions) Section 35(1)— insert— (k) providing information generally about how it performs its corruption functions by reporting and making statements to the public; (l) reporting on investigations to appropriate authorities and entities if it decides that prosecution proceedings or disciplinary action should be considered; (m) providing information to the public and to appropriate authorities and entities, by reporting and making public statements, about particular complaints or particular investigations if the commission considers it appropriate and necessary in the circumstances to do so to— (i) provide transparency about how it performs its corruption functions; or (ii) assure the public and other authorities and entities that allegations of corruption are appropriately dealt with; or (iii) continuously improve the integrity of, and reduce the incidence of corruption in, the public sector.

5 Amendment of s 46 (Dealing with complaints—commission) Section 46(5)— insert— Note— See section 48B in relation to limitations on the commission's findings, recommendations and statements.