(1) For the purposes of this Part, an authorised person is:
(a) a member or special member of the Australian Federal Police; or
(b) a member of the police force of a State or Territory; or
(c) a member of the Defence Force; or
(d) an officer of Customs within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 ; or
(e) a person who is an authorised person because of a declaration under subsection (2).
(2) NOPSEMA may, by notice published in the Gazette , declare that a person, or a person included in a specified class of persons, is an authorised person for the purposes of this Part.
Declaration
(4) A declaration under subsection (2) is not a legislative instrument.