6ALaw enforcement agencies

6A Law enforcement agencies

(1) A body or officer mentioned in an item of column 1 of the table in subsection (6) or (7) is a law enforcement agency. (2) The chief officer, of the law enforcement agency, is the person mentioned in column 2 of the item. (3) A law enforcement officer, in relation to the law enforcement agency, is a person mentioned in column 3 of the item. (4) An appropriate authorising officer, of the law enforcement agency, is a person mentioned in column 4 of the item. (5) The chief officer of the law enforcement agency may authorise, in writing, a person to be an appropriate authorising officer of the agency if column 4 of the item so provides. (6) This table deals with federal law enforcement agencies:

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:361.2pt; margin-left:0.25pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="5" style="width:350.4pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Federal law enforcement agencies</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:10.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:66.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 1</span></p></td><td style="width:67.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 2</span></p></td><td style="width:81.35pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 3</span></p></td><td style="width:81.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 4</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:10.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:66.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Law enforcement agency</span></p></td><td style="width:67.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Chief officer</span></p></td><td style="width:81.35pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Law enforcement officer</span></p></td><td style="width:81.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Appropriate authorising officer</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:10.65pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:66.75pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Federal Police</span></p></td><td style="width:67.15pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the Commissioner of Police</span></p></td><td style="width:81.35pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) the Commissioner of Police; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) a Deputy Commissioner of Police; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) an AFP employee (within the meaning of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Australian Federal Police Act 1979</span><span>); or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) a special member; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(e) a person seconded to the Australian Federal Police</span></p></td><td style="width:81.3pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) the Commissioner of Police; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) a Deputy Commissioner of Police; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) a senior executive AFP employee the chief officer authorises under subsection</span><span> </span><span>(5)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:10.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>10</span></p></td><td style="width:66.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>National Anti</span><span>‑</span><span>Corruption Commission</span></p></td><td style="width:67.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the National Anti</span><span>‑</span><span>Corruption Commissioner</span></p></td><td style="width:81.35pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) the National Anti</span><span>‑</span><span>Corruption Commissioner; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) a Deputy Commissioner (within the meaning of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">National Anti</span><span style="font-style:italic">‑</span><span style="font-style:italic">Corruption Commission Act 2022</span><span>); or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) a National Anti</span><span>‑</span><span>Corruption Commission officer authorised under section</span><span> </span><span>6B</span></p></td><td style="width:81.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) the National Anti</span><span>‑</span><span>Corruption Commissioner; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) a Deputy Commissioner (within the meaning of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">National Anti</span><span style="font-style:italic">‑</span><span style="font-style:italic">Corruption Commission Act 2022</span><span>); or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) a National Anti</span><span>‑</span><span>Corruption Commission officer who is an SES employee the chief officer authorises under subsection</span><span> </span><span>(5)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:10.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>15</span></p></td><td style="width:66.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Australian Crime Commission</span></p></td><td style="width:67.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the Chief Executive Officer of the Commission</span></p></td><td style="width:81.35pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) the Chief Executive Officer; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) a person covered by a paragraph of the definition of </span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic">member of the staff of the ACC</span><span> in section</span><span> </span><span>4 of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Australian Crime Commission Act 2002</span></p></td><td style="width:81.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) the Chief Executive Officer; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) an executive level member of the staff of the ACC the chief officer authorises under subsection</span><span> </span><span>(5)</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>