Delegation
42BJ Delegation
S. 42BJ inserted by No. 60/2004 s. 3.
Except as provided by this section (and despite any other Act or law to the contrary) the functions of a chief officer under this Part may not be delegated to any other person.
A chief officer may delegate any of the chief officer's functions under this Part (except this power of delegation) to a senior officer of the law enforcement agency.
S. 42BJ(3) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 59.5).
For the avoidance of doubt, this section prevails over section 19 of the Victoria Police Act 2013.
In this section—
senior officer means—
in relation to Victoria Police—a Deputy Commissioner;
in relation to the Australian Crime Commission—
the Director National Operations; or
the General Manager National Operations; or
a member of staff of the Australian Crime Commission who is an SES employee or acting SES employee (within the meaning of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 of the Commonwealth) and who holds a position that is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by the regulations
). Made under this Act:
- Evidence (Examination of Witnesses Outside the State) Regulations 2021 · under section 152
- Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Transcript Fees) Regulations 2017 · under section 140
- Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Witness Identity Protection) Regulations 2023 · under section 152(2)
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