Independent Police Investigative Directorate Act, 2011 (Act No. 1 of 2011)Chapter 2 : National Office9. Functions of national office |
The functions of the national office are to—
| (a) | give strategic leadership to the Directorate; |
| (b) | develop and implement policy for the Directorate; |
| (c) | oversee and monitor performance at provincial level and intervene to rectify challenges where necessary; |
| (d) | gather, keep and analyse information in relation to investigations; |
| (e) | identify and review legislative needs in consultation with the Secretariat and report on such matters to the Minister; |
[Section 9(e) substituted by section 7 of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate Amendment Act, 15 of 2024, Notice No. 5081, GG50990 dated 30 July 2024 - effective 29 August 2025 per Commencement Proclamation 283 of GG53243 dated 29 August 2025]
| (f) | do internal auditing of the Directorate; |
| (g) | provide administrative support to the Directorate; |
| (h) | strengthen the co-operative relationship between the Directorate and the Secretariat; |
| (i) | report to the relevant MEC on matters referred to the Executive Director by the MEC; |
| (j) | submit an annual report to the Minister and to Parliament; |
| (k) | implement information measures to develop public awareness of the provisions of this Act; |
| (l) | deal with any other matter referred to it by the Minister; |
| (m) | make recommendations to the South African Police Service resulting from investigations done by the Directorate; and |
| (n) | report twice a year to Parliament on the number and type of cases investigated, the recommendations, the detail and outcome of those recommendations. |