(1) Despite any other
Act or law to the contrary, the functions of a chief officer of a
law enforcement agency under this Part may not be delegated to any other
person except as provided by this section.
(2) A chief officer of
a law enforcement agency may delegate to a senior officer of the agency any of
the chief officer's functions under this Part.
(3) No more than 4
delegations may be in force under this section at any 1 time in respect of any
1 law enforcement agency.
(4) In this
section—
"senior officer" means—
(a) in
relation to SA Police—a police officer of or above the rank of
Superintendent;
(b) in
relation to the Australian Crime Commission—
(i)
the Director National Operations; or
(ii)
a Director; or
(iii)
the General Manager National Operations; or
(iv)
a member of staff of the Australian Crime Commission who
is an SES employee or acting SES employee (within the meaning of the
Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 of the Commonwealth) and who holds a
position that is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this
definition.