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Fair Trading (Australian Consumer Law) Act 1992
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36 Investigators
(1) The commissioner may appoint a person as an investigator for this
Act, section 33 (1) (b), (c), (d) or (e) (Functions of commissioner).
Note 1 For the making of appointments (including acting appointments), see the
Legislation Act, pt 19.3.
Note 2 In particular, a person may be appointed for a particular provision of a
law (see Legislation Act, s 7 (3)) and an appointment may be made by
naming a person or nominating the occupant of a position (see Legislation
Act, s 207).
(2) An investigator may also exercise any other function given to the
investigator under a territory law.