Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987 - SECT 83

PART 9 ENFORCEMENT AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

Appointment of authorised officers

83. Appointment of authorised officers



(1) The Secretary may appoint as authorised officers-





   (a)  any specified employee or a specified class of employees employed by
        the Secretary, or in the Department or in the Public Service or (with
        the consent of the Minister administering that Department) in any
        Department of the Government of the Commonwealth, a State or a
        Territory; or

   (aa) a specified member of staff or specified class of members of staff of
        the Victorian Plantations Corporation; or

   (ab) for the purposes of this Part, a specified member of staff or
        specified class of members of staff of the Royal Botanic Gardens
        Board; or

   (ac) for the purposes of this Part, a specified member of staff or a
        specified class of members of staff of the Zoological Parks and
        Gardens Board; or



   (ad) a specified member of staff or a specified class of members of staff
        of VicForests; or



   (b)  any specified person or any specified class of persons.





(2) An authorised officer may be appointed under sub-section (1)-



   (a)  for the purposes of all or any relevant laws; and



   (b)  for the whole or part of Victoria.



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(4) The Secretary is an authorised officer for the purposes of each
relevant law.



(5) The Secretary must give to each authorised officer a certificate of
appointment stating the relevant law for the purposes of which the person is
appointed an authorised officer, whether the person is appointed for the whole
or a part of Victoria and, if for a part of Victoria, specifying the part of
Victoria for which the person is appointed.