Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) This Act shall be administered by the Commission, all police officers, and such other State Service officers and State Service employees, if any, as shall be appointed for that purpose.
(2) Where, under this Act or the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999, any power or right may be exercised by an authorised officer, or any act is authorised or required to be done by or in respect of an authorised officer, that power may be exercised by, and that act may be done by or in respect of –
authorised in writing by the Commission in that behalf.(a) an officer of the Commission; or
(b) an officer of a local authority; or
(c) another person; or
(d) persons of a specified class –
(2A) A person referred to in subsection (2)(c) may but need not be a State Service employee.
(2B) A class of persons referred to in subsection (2)(d) may but need not be a class of State Service employees.
(3) The Commission may only authorise an officer of a local authority to exercise a power or right in respect of, or in respect of the prevention of, prescribed offences within the municipal area of that local authority.