AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE ACT 1979 - SECT 69E Commissioner may charge for certain protective services

AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE ACT 1979 - SECT 69E

  (1)   If services are provided by a protective service officer or a special protective service officer at the request of a person other than:

  (a)   a person holding office under the Commonwealth; or

  (b)   a Commonwealth authority;

the Commissioner may charge for the services.

  (2)   A charge made under subsection   (1) must be an amount reasonably related to the cost of providing the services.

  (3)   In this section:

"Commonwealth authority" means:

  (a)   a body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, established for a public purpose:

  (i)   by or under a law of the Commonwealth or a law of a Territory other than the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory; or

  (ii)   by the Governor - General or a Minister; or

  (b)   an incorporated company in which the Commonwealth or a body described in paragraph   (a) has a controlling interest; or

  (c)   any other agency or instrumentality of the Commonwealth.