(1) The functions of the Special Prosecutor are —
(a) to receive a complaint of corrupt conduct from any person and investigate the corrupt conduct;
(b) to investigate corrupt conduct on his or her own motion;
(c) to institute a criminal prosecution or civil claim in any court against a public officer or a public official if the conduct of the public officer or public official appears to the Special Prosecutor on reasonable grounds to involve corrupt conduct;
(d) to prosecute a criminal offence or a civil claim instituted by him or her in a court;
(e) to prosecute a criminal offence for corrupt conduct referred to him or her by the Director of Public Prosecutions; and
(f) to pursue, coordinate and supervise civil recovery.
(2) The Special Prosecutor may investigate and prosecute a public officer or a public official for a criminal offence or prosecute a civil claim for corrupt conduct committed by a public officer or public official in the course of his or her public office or public duties under an enactment and for this purpose the Special Prosecutor is deemed to have the authority to investigate, institute, carry on, or do any other thing and exercise any other function under the enactment.