Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The CEO may, by
instrument which is at any time revocable by him, designate any person
employed in the Department to be —
(a) a
wildlife officer;
(b) a
forest officer;
(c) a
ranger;
(d) a
conservation and land management officer,
for the whole of the
State.
(2) Persons employed
by the Crown or an agency of the Crown in right of this State or of another
State or of a Territory are eligible for designation as wildlife officers
under subsection (1)(a) as if they were employed in the Department.
(3) Wildlife officers,
forest officers, rangers and conservation and land management officers have
the functions conferred on them respectively by or under this Act.
(3a) In addition,
wildlife officers, forest officers, rangers and conservation and land
management officers who are authorised by the CEO for the purposes of this
subsection have the functions conferred on them by the Bush
Fires Act 1954 .
(4) In addition,
wildlife officers, have the functions conferred on them by the
Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 .
(5) In this section
and in sections 46, 48(1)(b) and 49 the State includes the coastal waters
of the State referred to in section 13(8)(b).
[Section 45 inserted by No. 20 of 1991
s. 24; amended by No. 38 of 2002 s. 41(2); No. 28 of 2006
s. 209.]