13Meaning of “appropriate officer”

13 Meaning of “appropriate officer”

13 Meaning of “appropriate officer”

For the purposes of the Act, section 4(1), definition of appropriate officer, paragraph (d), the following persons are prescribed as appropriate officers in relation to the functions specified, and each of those functions is prescribed for the purposes of that paragraph—

(a) the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions in relation to all functions of an appropriate officer under the Act,

(b) the Commissioner of Police in relation to all functions of an appropriate officer under the Act for which the Commissioner is not already an appropriate officer,

(c) the New South Wales Crime Commission in relation to the following functions of an appropriate officer under the Act—

(i) applying for a forfeiture order under section 13(2)(a),

(ii) applying for a drug proceeds order under section 13(2)(b),

(iii) applying for an order under section 22(1) pending an application for a forfeiture order being made,

(iv) applying for a restraining order under section 43(1) in relation to the property of a person who has been, or is about to be, charged with a drug trafficking offence,

(v) applying under section 45(3) for an order that is ancillary to a restraining order made by the Supreme Court,

(vi) applying for an order under section 45A(2) to set aside a disposition of, or dealing with, property in contravention of a restraining order made in relation to the property of a person who has been, or is about to be, charged with a drug trafficking offence,

(vii) applying for the particulars of a restraining order to be recorded under section 49(1).