Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 24ZW(1) amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 95.2).
(1) A charge-sheet charging an offence under this Part or Part 2 or an offence under regulations under this Act relating to this Part or Part 2 may only be filed by—
S. 24ZW(1)(a) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 129.2).
(a) a police officer; or
(b) a person who is authorised for that purpose by the Minister in writing and who is—
(i) employed under Part 3 of the Public Administration Act 2004 ; or
(ii) an officer of a council (but only in respect of an alleged offence committed in the municipal district of the council of which that person is an officer); or
(iii) a full-time officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
(2) An authorisation under subsection (1)(b)—
(a) must not be for a period of more than 3 years; and
(b) remains in force until 30 June in the year specified in the authorisation as the year in which it ceases to have effect.
(3) The Minister may cancel an authorisation under subsection (1)(b).
S. 24ZX inserted by No. 60/2012 s. 42.