207BAppointment of recognised law enforcement officers

207B Appointment of recognised law enforcement officers

207B Appointment of recognised law enforcement officers

(1) The Commissioner may appoint any of the following persons as recognised law enforcement officers (whether by appointing all such persons, any class of them or any individual)—

(a) members of the Australian Federal Police,

(b) members of the police force of another State or a Territory.

(2) An appointment is to be made—

(a) by notice in writing given to each person appointed, or

(b) by notice published in the Gazette.

(3) The notice is to specify any conditions to which the appointment is subject and the term of the appointment if the appointment is for a limited term.

(4) The Commissioner must not appoint any person as a recognised law enforcement officer unless the person is to be, in the opinion of the Commissioner, subject to an appropriate disciplinary system in respect of the exercise of the person’s functions as a recognised law enforcement officer.

(5) An appointment as a recognised law enforcement officer may be made subject to conditions, including (but not limited to) conditions as to the kinds of functions conferred and the purposes for and circumstances in which such functions may be exercised.

ss 207B–207D: Ins 2010 No 58, Sch 1 [2].