Victorian Numbered Acts

MAJOR CRIME (INVESTIGATIVE POWERS) ACT 2004 (NO 79 OF 2004) - SECT 111

After the heading to Division 3A of Part 5 of the Whistleblowers Protection Act 2001 insert —

        '61AA.     Definitions

    (1)     In this Division—

"authorised officer" means—

        (a)     the Director; or

        (b)     a member of staff of the Office of Police Integrity who is authorised under sub-section (2); or

        (c)     a person who has taken an oath or made an affirmation under section 102D(3) of the Police Regulation Act 1958 and who is authorised under sub-section (2);

"chief executive" , of a public authority, means—

        (a)     in relation to the police force—the Chief Commissioner of Police; or

        (b)     in relation to an Agency within the meaning of the Public Sector Management and Employment Act 1998 —the Agency Head of the Agency within the meaning of that Act; or

        (c)     in relation to any other body, whether or not incorporated, established by or under an Act for a public purpose—the chief executive officer, by whatever name called, of the body;

"court day" means a day on which the registry of the Magistrates' Court is open for business.

"public authority" means—

        (a)     the police force; or

        (b)     an Agency within the meaning of the Public Sector Management and Employment Act 1998 ; or

        (c)     any other body, whether or not incorporated, established by or under an Act for a public purpose.

    (2)     The Director may authorise a member of staff of the Office of Police Integrity or a person who has taken an oath or made an affirmation under section 102D(3) of the Police Regulation Act 1958 to exercise the powers of an authorised officer under this Division.'.