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Heritage Act 2011
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141 Who is heritage officer
(1) A heritage officer is:
(a) a person appointed under subsection (2) as a heritage officer
(an appointed heritage officer); or
(b) a police officer.
(2) The CEO may appoint as a heritage officer:
(a) a public sector employee of the Agency; or
(b) a public sector employee of another Agency under an
arrangement with the Chief Executive Officer of that Agency;
or
(c) an officer or employee of a statutory corporation or local
government council under an arrangement with the
corporation or council; or
(d) an officer or employee of another jurisdiction, or an authority
of another jurisdiction, under an arrangement with the
jurisdiction or authority.
(3) An appointed heritage officer has the powers and functions of a
heritage officer under this Act as stated in the appointment.
(4) A police officer has all the powers and functions of a heritage
officer.
(5) In this section:
another jurisdiction means the Commonwealth, a State or
another Territory.