Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014

Schedule 1 - Listed entities  

Note:

See sections 6 and 8 .

18  

18   Office of the Special Investigator  
For the purposes of the finance law:

(a)    the following group of persons is a listed entity:

(i) the Director-General of the Office of the Special Investigator;

(ii) the Special Investigator for the Office of the Special Investigator;

(iii) the Director of Investigations for the Office of the Special Investigator;

(v) persons engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 to assist in the performance of the functions of the Office of the Special Investigator;

(vi) persons made available by a Commonwealth entity to perform services for the Office of the Special Investigator; and

(b)    the listed entity is to be known as the Office of the Special Investigator; and

(c)    the Director-General of the Office of the Special Investigator is the accountable authority of the listed entity; and

(d)    the persons referred to in paragraph (a) are officials of the listed entity; and

(e)    the purposes of the listed entity include the following:

(i) to review the findings of the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry;

(ii) to work with the Australian Federal Police to investigate the commission of criminal offences under Australian law arising from or related to any breaches of the laws of armed conflict by members of the Australian Defence Force in Afghanistan from 2005 to 2016;

(iii) to develop briefs of evidence in respect of any offences that are established, for referral to the Director of Public Prosecutions;

(iv) to undertake other relevant tasks that the Prime Minister and the responsible Minister require from time to time.