The Inspector - General ADF may, in writing, authorise an inquiry officer, or an Assistant IGADF, to exercise the powers of the Inspector - General ADF under section 22 or 23 in relation to an inquiry if:
(a) the inquiry officer has been appointed to conduct, or the Assistant IGADF has been directed to conduct, the inquiry; and
(b) the inquiry is of a kind to which section 22 or 23 applies.