AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE ACT 1979 - SECT 69C Delegation

AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE ACT 1979 - SECT 69C

  (1)   The Commissioner may, in writing, delegate to a Deputy Commissioner, an AFP employee or a special member, all or any of the Commissioner's powers, functions or duties under this Act (other than the Commissioner's power under section   35A (payments in special circumstances)).

  (2)   The Commissioner may, in writing, delegate to a senior executive AFP employee the Commissioner's power under section   35A (payments in special circumstances).

  (3)   The Commissioner may, in writing, delegate to a Deputy Commissioner or a senior executive AFP employee all or any of the Commissioner's powers, functions or duties as a proceeds of crime authority under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 or any other Act.

Note:   As a proceeds of crime authority, the Commissioner may conduct proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 , and has related powers, functions and duties under that Act and other Acts (see the definitions of proceeds of crime authority and responsible authority in section   338 of that Act).

  (4)   If:

  (a)   the Commissioner has, under subsection   (3), delegated one or more powers, functions or duties to a senior executive AFP employee; and

  (b)   an AFP employee is acting in, or performing the duties of, the position held or occupied by the senior executive AFP employee;

the Commissioner is taken to have delegated the powers, functions or duties mentioned in paragraph   (a) to the AFP employee mentioned in paragraph   (b).