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Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999
56FAuthorisation of persons to install and operate photographic detection devices
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### 56F Authorisation of persons to install and operate photographic detection devices
> [*\[Section 56F Inserted by No. 7 of 2002, s. 10, Applied:01 Nov 2002\]*](/view/html/inforce/2002-11-01/act-2002-007#GS10@EN)
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> > (1) [*\[Section 56F Subsection (1) amended by No. 27 of 2022, s. 11, Applied:23 Jun 2023\]*](/view/html/inforce/2023-06-23/act-2022-027#GS11@Hpb@EN) [*\[Section 56F Subsection (1) amended by No. 27 of 2022, s. 11, Applied:23 Jun 2023\]*](/view/html/inforce/2023-06-23/act-2022-027#GS11@Hpa@EN) The Commission, or a senior police officer, may authorise another police officer or person, in writing, to do either or both of the following things for the purposes of this Act:
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> > > > (a) install photographic detection devices;
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> > > > (b) operate photographic detection devices.
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> > (2) The authorisation may apply to photographic detection devices generally or photographic detection devices of a kind specified in the authorisation.
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> > (3) The authorisation may be for an indefinite period or for a period specified in the authorisation.
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> > (4) Notwithstanding section 6 of the *Traffic Offence Detection Devices (New Arrangements) Act 2002*, any authorisation in force under [section 51B(2) of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1925-038#GS51B@Gs2@EN) [Traffic Act 1925](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1925-038) immediately before the commencement of that section continues in force according to its terms as if it were an authorisation under [subsection (1)](#GS56F@Gs1@EN) .