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POLICE INTEGRITY ACT 2008 (NO. 34 OF 2008) - SECT 21

Delegation by Director

    (1)     The Director, by instrument, may delegate to a relevant person any power of the Director under this or any other Act, other than—

        (a)     a coercive power; or

        (b)     a power under section 24 (disclosure of information to law enforcement agencies and corresponding authorities); or

        (c)     this power of delegation.

    (2)     The Director, by instrument, may delegate to a senior relevant person

        (a)     a coercive power; or

        (b)     a power under section 24 (disclosure of information to law enforcement agencies and corresponding authorities)—

if the Director is of the opinion that the person has the ability to exercise satisfactorily the powers that are the subject of the delegation.

    (3)     In this section—

"relevant person" means—

        (a)     a member of staff of the Office of Police Integrity; or

        (b)     a person who has taken an oath or made an affirmation under section 18(2);

"senior relevant person" means a relevant person who—

        (a)     has been, or is qualified for appointment as, a judge of—

              (i)     the High Court; or

              (ii)     the Federal Court; or

              (iii)     the Supreme Court of a State or Territory; or

              (iv)     the County Court or a court of another State or Territory of equivalent status to the County Court; and

        (b)     is not a member of the Parliament of Victoria or of the Commonwealth or of another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth; and

        (c)     is not, and has not been, a member of Victoria Police; and

        (d)     is not, and has not been in the period of 5 years immediately preceding the proposed date of appointment, a member of the police force of the Commonwealth or of another State or Territory of the Commonwealth.



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