Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Regulations 2017
7AStaff members and secondees of prescribed law enforcement agencies
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7A Staff members and secondees of prescribed law enforcement agencies
(1) For the purposes of subsection 10(4) of the Act, a person in the class of persons mentioned in column 2 of an item of the table in subsection (3) of this section is a staff member of the Commonwealth government agency mentioned in column 1 of the item. (2) For the purposes of paragraph 10(5)(d) of the Act, a person mentioned in column 3 of an item of the table in subsection (3) of this section is a secondee of the Commonwealth government agency mentioned in column 1 of the item. (3) The following table has effect for the purposes of subsections (1) and (2).
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="4" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Staff members and secondees of prescribed law enforcement agencies</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:30.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 1</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>Commonwealth government agency</span></p></td><td style="width:30.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 2</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>Class of persons who are staff members</span></p></td><td style="width:30.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 3</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>Persons who are secondees</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:30.48%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Competition and Consumer Commission</span></p></td><td style="width:30.48%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Persons who are any of the following:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) the Chairperson, or another member of the Commission, appointed under section</span><span> </span><span>7 of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Competition and Consumer Act 2010</span><span>;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) an associate member of the Commission appointed under section</span><span> </span><span>8A of that Act;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) a Deputy Chairperson of the Commission appointed under section</span><span> </span><span>10 of that Act;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) a person referred to in subsection</span><span> </span><span>27(1) of that Act;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(e) a person engaged under section</span><span> </span><span>27A of that Act;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(f) an officer or employee of some other body or organisation (whether located within or outside Australia) whose services are made available, by or on behalf of the other body or organisation, to the Commission in connection with the performance or exercise of any of the Commission’s functions or powers</span></p></td><td style="width:30.48%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A person referred to in paragraph</span><span> </span><span>(f) of column 2 of this item</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:30.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Prudential Regulation Authority</span></p></td><td style="width:30.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Persons who are any of the following:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) an APRA member within the meaning of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998</span><span>;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) an APRA staff member within the meaning of that Act;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) an officer or employee (other than an officer or employee covered by paragraph</span><span> </span><span>(b)) of some other body or organisation (whether located within or outside Australia) whose services are made available, by or on behalf of the other body or organisation, to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority in connection with the performance or exercise of any of the Authority’s functions or powers</span></p></td><td style="width:30.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Persons who are any of the following:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) a person referred to in section</span><span> </span><span>46 of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998</span><span> whose services are made available to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) a person referred to in paragraph</span><span> </span><span>(c) of column 2 of this item</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:30.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Securities and Investments Commission</span></p></td><td style="width:30.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Persons who are any of the following:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) the Chairperson, or a Deputy Chairperson, of ASIC appointed under section</span><span> </span><span>10 of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001</span><span>;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) a member of ASIC appointed under section</span><span> </span><span>9 of that Act;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) a staff member within the meaning of that Act;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) an officer or employee (other than an officer or employee covered by paragraph</span><span> </span><span>(c)) of some other body or organisation (whether located within or outside Australia) whose services are made available, by or on behalf of the other body or organisation, to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in connection with the performance or exercise of any of the Commission’s functions or powers</span></p></td><td style="width:30.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Persons who are any of the following:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) a person referred to in section</span><span> </span><span>122 of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001</span><span> whose services are made available to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) a person referred to in paragraph</span><span> </span><span>(d) of column 2 of this item</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:30.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Taxation Office</span></p></td><td style="width:30.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Persons who are any of the following:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) the Commissioner of Taxation, or a Second Commissioner of Taxation, mentioned in section</span><span> </span><span>4 of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Taxation Administration Act 1953</span><span>;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) a member of the staff mentioned in subsection</span><span> </span><span>4A(1) of that Act;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) an individual who is an entity referred to in section</span><span> </span><span>355</span><span>‑</span><span>15 in Schedule</span><span> </span><span>1 to that Act;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) an officer or employee of some other body or organisation (whether located within or outside Australia) whose services are made available, by or on behalf of the other body or organisation, to the Commissioner of Taxation in connection with the performance or exercise of any of the Commissioner’s functions or powers</span></p></td><td style="width:30.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A person referred to in paragraph</span><span> </span><span>(d) of column 2 of this item</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:30.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Office of the Special Investigator</span></p></td><td style="width:30.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Persons who are any of the following:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) the Director</span><span>‑</span><span>General of the Office of the Special Investigator;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) the Special Investigator for the Office of the Special Investigator;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) the Director of Investigations for the Office of the Special Investigator;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) persons engaged under the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Public Service Act 1999</span><span> to assist in the performance of the Office of the Special Investigator’s functions;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(e) persons seconded to the Office of the Special Investigator under section</span><span> </span><span>40F of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Australian Federal Police Act 1979</span><span>;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(f) persons whose services are made available to the Office of the Special Investigator, by or on behalf of the following (whether located within or outside Australia):</span></p><p class="Tablei"><span>(i) a Commonwealth entity (within the meaning of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013</span><span>);</span></p><p class="Tablei"><span>(ii) a government agency (within the meaning of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006</span><span>);</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span style="width:14.2pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"></span><span>other than the AFP, to assist in the performance of the Office of the Special Investigator’s functions;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(g) persons engaged as consultants or contractors to assist in the performance of the Office of the Special Investigator’s functions.</span></p></td><td style="width:30.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A person referred to in paragraph</span><span> </span><span>(e) or (f) of column 2 of this item</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>