Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CRIMES ACT 1914 - SECT 15MX

             (1)  Except as provided by this section (and despite any other Act or law to the contrary), the functions of a chief officer under this Part may not be delegated to any other person.

             (2)  A chief officer may delegate any of the chief officer's functions under this Part (except this power of delegation) to a senior officer of the law enforcement agency.

             (3)  In this section:

senior officer means :

                     (a)  in relation to the Australian Federal Police--a Deputy Commissioner, an Assistant Commissioner, or a person occupying an equivalent or higher rank in the Australian Federal Police ; and

                     (b)  in relation to Customs--a Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Customs, or a person occupying an equivalent or higher position in Customs; and

                     (c)  in relation to the ACC, either of the following:

                              (i)  the Executive Director Operational Strategies, the Executive Director Intelligence Strategies, or a person occupying an equivalent or higher position in the ACC;

                             (ii)  a person occupying a position prescribed by the regulations; and

                     (d)  in relation to the Australian Taxation Office--an Assistant Commissioner, or a person occupying an equivalent or higher position in the Australian Taxation Office; and

                     (e)  in relation to a Commonwealth agency specified in the regulations for the purposes of the definition of law enforcement agency --an officer of the agency specified in the regulations to be a senior officer of the agency.