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CRIMES ACT 1914 - SECT 15MX

Delegation

  (1)   Except as provided by this section (and despite any other Act or law to the contrary), the functions of a chief officer under this Part may not be delegated to any other person.

  (2)   A chief officer may delegate any of the chief officer's functions under this Part (except this power of delegation) to a senior officer of the law enforcement agency.

  (3)   In this section:

"senior officer" means:

  (a)   in relation to the Australian Federal Police--a Deputy Commissioner, an Assistant Commissioner, or a person occupying an equivalent or higher rank in the Australian Federal Police; and

  (b)   in relation to the Immigration and Border Protection Department--a person who holds or performs the duties of an SES Band 3 position, or an equivalent or higher position, in that Department; and

  (c)   in relation to the ACC, either of the following:

  (i)   the Executive Director Operational Strategies, the Executive Director Intelligence Strategies, or a person occupying an equivalent or higher position in the ACC;

  (ii)   a person occupying a position prescribed by the regulations; and

  (d)   in relation to the Australian Taxation Office--an Assistant Commissioner, or a person occupying an equivalent or higher position in the Australian Taxation Office; and

  (e)   in relation to a Commonwealth agency specified in the regulations for the purposes of the definition of law enforcement agency --an officer of the agency specified in the regulations to be a senior officer of the agency.


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