Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A community government may appoint any person to be an authorised officer for its community government area for such period as the community government specifies, to protect the natural and cultural resources of the area.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), an authorised officer appointed under subsection (1) is to perform such functions and duties and may exercise such powers as are prescribed in the local laws for the community government area in which the authorised officer is appointed, which local laws may have regard to Aboriginal custom, tradition and belief.
(3) An authorised officer may only perform a function or exercise a power, in respect of Aboriginal land in the community government area for which the authorised officer is appointed, under an agreement between the community government and the grantees of the land.