28Appropriate officer

28 Appropriate officer

(1) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of appropriate officer in section 3(1) of the Act, the following applications and classes of applications are prescribed—

(a) applications for the fixing of a period longer than 6 months for the purposes of the definition of relevant period in section 3(1) of the Act;

(b) applications under any of the following provisions of the Act—

(i) section 16(1);

(ii) section 16(2)(b);

(iii) section 32(1);

(iv) section 40F(1);

(v) section 40F(2);

(vi) section 58(1);

(vii) section 58(2);

(viii) section 70(1);

(ix) section 77(1);

(x) section 97(3) or (3A) for the purposes of section 97(4)(a);

(xi) section 131(3) for the purposes of section 131(4).

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of appropriate officer in section 3(1) of the Act, the following persons and classes of persons are prescribed—

Reg. 28(2)(a) amended by S.R. No. 5/2025 reg. 5(a).

(a) the Secretary to the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, being the body corporate established by Part 2 of the Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987;

Reg. 28(2)(b) amended by S.R. No. 5/2025 reg. 5(b).

(b) authorised officers within the meaning of the Victorian Fisheries Authority Act 2016;

Reg. 28(2)(c) substituted by S.R. No. 5/2025 reg. 5(c).

(c) the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission established under Part 2 of the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission Act 2011.