52ACReferences to police force and police officers

52AC References to police force and police officers

(1) A reference in a provision of an applied law or an adopted law to a police force (other than a provision that vests a power in a police force to which subsection18B(5B) of the Norfolk Island Act 1979 applies) is taken to be a reference to the Australian Federal Police. (2) A reference in a provision of an applied law or an adopted law to a police officer holding, occupying or exercising the powers of a particular kind of office or position (other than a provision that vests a power in a police officer to which subsection 18B(5B) of the Norfolk Island Act 1979 applies) is taken to be a reference to: (a) a member of the Police Force of Norfolk Island holding, occupying or exercising the powers of a corresponding office or position; and (b) a member or special member of the Australian Federal Police holding, occupying or exercising the powers of a corresponding office or position in Norfolk Island. (3) To the extent that subsection (2) does not provide otherwise, a reference in an applied law or an adopted law to a police officer means a member of the Police Force of Norfolk Island or a member or special member of the Australian Federal Police.