Commonwealth Numbered Acts

COMPLAINTS (AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE) ACT 1981 No. 21 of 1981 - SECT 8

8. (1) The officer in charge may -

   (a)  if he is of the opinion that the whole or a part of the investigation
        of a complaint should be carried out by a person possessing special
        qualifications and the Commissioner so approves, authorize a member of
        the Australian Federal Police who is not serving in the
        Investigation Division, or some other person, being a member or other
        person who possesses those qualifications, to make that investigation,
        or that part of the investigation, on behalf of the Division; or

   (b)  if he is of the opinion that a complaint is not such as to require
        investigation by a member of the Division and the Commissioner so
        approves, authorize a member of the Australian Federal Police who is
        not serving in the Division to make the investigation on behalf of the
        Division.

(2) Where the officer in charge gives such an authority, references in section
7 to a member of the Investigation Division shall, in the application of that
section in relation to the investigation or part of the investigation, be read
as including references to a member of the Australian Federal Police or other
person so authorized.