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State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999
sec.196Current enforcement officers
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### sec.196 Current enforcement officers
This section applies to a person who was, immediately before the commencement, an enforcement officer under this Act.
From the commencement, the person continues to be an enforcement officer as if the person had been appointed under section 159C.
Subsection (2) stops applying to the person at the earliest of the following to happen—
the person is appointed as an enforcement officer under section 159C;
the registrar ends the person’s deemed appointment under subsection (2) by signed notice given to the person;
the person resigns as an enforcement officer by signed notice given to the registrar;
the end of 30 days from the commencement.
s 196 ins 2022 No. 10 s 36
(sec.196-ssec.1) This section applies to a person who was, immediately before the commencement, an enforcement officer under this Act.
(sec.196-ssec.2) From the commencement, the person continues to be an enforcement officer as if the person had been appointed under section 159C.
(sec.196-ssec.3) Subsection (2) stops applying to the person at the earliest of the following to happen— the person is appointed as an enforcement officer under section 159C; the registrar ends the person’s deemed appointment under subsection (2) by signed notice given to the person; the person resigns as an enforcement officer by signed notice given to the registrar; the end of 30 days from the commencement.
- (a) the person is appointed as an enforcement officer under section 159C;
- (b) the registrar ends the person’s deemed appointment under subsection (2) by signed notice given to the person;
- (c) the person resigns as an enforcement officer by signed notice given to the registrar;
- (d) the end of 30 days from the commencement.