Western Australian Current Acts

YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1994 - SECT 197A

197A .         Delegation by Commissioner of Police

        (1)         The Commissioner of Police may, in writing signed by the Commissioner, delegate any of the Commissioner’s powers or duties under this Act to a police officer of or above the rank of Commander.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Act, the exercise of a power or duty by a delegate under this section is taken to be the exercise of the power or duty by the Commissioner of Police.

        (3)         A police officer to whom a power or duty is delegated under this section cannot delegate that power or duty to any other person.

        [Section 197A inserted: No. 14 of 2022 s. 39.]

[Divisions 1 (s. 198-222) and 2 (s. 223-230) omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(e).]

        [Heading inserted: No. 15 of 2023 s. 13.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 15 of 2023 s. 13.]