Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2010
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667 Authorised persons
(1) For the purposes of this Part, an authorised person is—
(a) a member or special member of the Australian Federal Police; or
S. 667(1)(b) substituted by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 118.1).
(b) a police officer within the meaning of the Victoria Police Act 2013 or a member of the police force or police service of another State or a Territory; or
(c) a member of the Australian Defence Force; or
(d) a person who is an authorised person because of a declaration under subsection (2).
S. 667(2) amended by No. 74/2012 s. 12.
(2) The Minister or NOPSEMA may, by notice published in the Government Gazette, declare that a person, or a person included in a specified class of persons, is an authorised person for the purposes of this Part.
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