Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The chief executive may appoint any of the following persons to be an authorised officer—
(a) an officer or employee of the department;
(b) a person included in a class of persons declared by regulation to be eligible for appointment as an authorised officer.
(2) However, the chief executive may appoint a person to be an authorised officer only if—
(a) in the chief executive's opinion, the person has the necessary expertise or experience to be an authorised officer; or
(b) the person has satisfactorily finished training approved by the chief executive.