462   Investigation of complaints

(1)  The Director-General may investigate a complaint.

(2)  The Director-General may refer a complaint for investigation to an authority, being the Ombudsman, the Independent Commission Against Corruption, the Commissioner of Police or the Director of Public Prosecutions, if the authority agrees to the referral. Such a referral may be made whether or not the Director-General has begun to investigate the complaint.

(3)  The Director-General may decide not to investigate a complaint but to authorise an investigation under section 430 in respect of a matter to which the complaint relates.