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Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008
32AGovernor in Council may appoint Detention Appeals Officers
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32A Governor in Council may appoint Detention Appeals Officers
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister, may by instrument appoint a person as a Detention Appeals Officer at any time when a pandemic declaration or a declaration of a state of emergency is in force.
(2) A person appointed as a Detention Appeals Officer must be an Australian lawyer of at least 10 years' experience.
S. 32B inserted by No. 53/2021 s. 10A.