sec.14Declaration of police officers as public officials

### sec.14 Declaration of police officers as public officials This section applies if, under an express provision of an Act ( authorising law ), a police officer is a public official. Despite the authorising law, the police officer may exercise the powers of the public official only to the extent that the commissioner first approves the exercise of the powers. The commissioner may approve the exercise of the powers only if the commissioner is satisfied the police officer— has the necessary experience or expertise to be a public official for the authorising law; or has satisfactorily completed a course of training approved by the commissioner. The commissioner may decide to approve the exercise of powers of a public official under the Biosecurity Act 2014 or the Brands Act 1915 only by police officers who are members of the unit of the police service known as the stock investigation squad. s 14 amd 2006 No. 26 s 3 sch 1 ; 2014 No. 7 s 578 s ch 4 pt 2 (sec.14-ssec.1) This section applies if, under an express provision of an Act ( authorising law ), a police officer is a public official. (sec.14-ssec.2) Despite the authorising law, the police officer may exercise the powers of the public official only to the extent that the commissioner first approves the exercise of the powers. (sec.14-ssec.3) The commissioner may approve the exercise of the powers only if the commissioner is satisfied the police officer— has the necessary experience or expertise to be a public official for the authorising law; or has satisfactorily completed a course of training approved by the commissioner. The commissioner may decide to approve the exercise of powers of a public official under the Biosecurity Act 2014 or the Brands Act 1915 only by police officers who are members of the unit of the police service known as the stock investigation squad. - (a) has the necessary experience or expertise to be a public official for the authorising law; or - (b) has satisfactorily completed a course of training approved by the commissioner.