Infringement officer
101 Infringement officer
A person is an infringement officer for the purposes of exercising powers under this Part in relation to a contravention of a provision if an Act provides that the person is an infringement officer in relation to that provision for the purposes of this Part.
A person who is an infringement officer for the purpose of exercising powers mentioned in subsection (1) is also an infringement officer for the purposes of:
exercising other powers under this Part; or
performing functions or duties under this Part;
that are incidental to the powers mentioned in subsection (1).
Without limiting subsection (1), an Act may provide that a person is an infringement officer in relation to a provision for the purposes of this Part by:
providing that a person of a specified class is an infringement officer in relation to the provision for the purposes of this Part; or
authorising another person to specify that a person, or a person of a specified class, is an infringement officer in relation to the provision for the purposes of this Part.
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