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### 8 Rangers
> > (1) The Secretary may appoint a State Service officer or State Service employee employed in the Department to be a ranger and that officer or employee may hold that office in conjunction with State Service employment.
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> > (2) The Secretary, with the consent of another Head of a State Service Agency, may appoint a State Service officer or State Service employee employed in that Agency to be a ranger and that officer or employee may hold that office in conjunction with State Service employment.
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> > (3) The Secretary may authorise a person who is not a State Service officer or State Service employee to perform the functions and exercise the powers of a ranger.
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> > (4) An appointment as a ranger under [subsection (1)](#GS8@Gs1@EN) or [(2)](#GS8@Gs2@EN) , or an authorisation under [subsection (3)](#GS8@Gs3@EN) , may be limited to the land, or the part of the State, specified in the appointment or authorisation.
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> > (5) A ranger appointed under [subsection (1)](#GS8@Gs1@EN) or [(2)](#GS8@Gs2@EN) , or authorised under [subsection (3)](#GS8@Gs3@EN) , in respect of particular land or a particular part of the State is not to perform the functions or exercise the powers of a ranger under this Act in respect of any other land or part of the State.