Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) Except as provided by this section (and despite any other Act or law to the contrary) the functions of a chief officer under this Act may not be delegated to any other person.
(2) A chief officer may delegate to a senior officer of the law enforcement agency any of the chief officer's functions under this Act relating to the granting, variation and cancellation of authorities (including conducting reviews under section 9, making applications under section 10 or 12, or making requests under section 13 or 24).
(3) No more than 4 delegations may be in force under this section at any one time in respect of any one law enforcement agency.
(4) For the avoidance of doubt, this section prevails over section 6A of the Police Regulation Act 1958 .
(5) In this section—
"senior officer" means—
(a) in relation to Victoria Police—a member of Victoria Police of or above the rank of superintendent;
(b) in relation to the Australian Crime Commission—
(i) the Director National Operations; or
(ii) a Director; or
(iii) the General Manager National Operations; or
(iv) a member of staff of the Australian Crime Commission who is an SES employee or acting SES employee (within the meaning of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 of the Commonwealth) and who holds a position that is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.