Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016

For the purposes of the Criminal Investigation Act 2006 section 9(1) and the Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002 section 5(1), designation as any of the following officers is to be taken to be an appointment to an office —

a wildlife officer under section 45(1)(a); or

a forest officer under section 45(1)(b); or

a ranger under section 45(1)(c); or

a conservation and land management officer under section 45(1)(d).

For the purposes of the Criminal Investigation Act 2006 —

the office of wildlife officer is prescribed under section 9(1)(a) of that Act; and

the following powers are prescribed under section 9(1)(b) of that Act in respect of that office —

the powers in Part 2 of that Act;

the powers in Part 5 of that Act other than the power in section 44(2)(g)(iv) to do a strip search of a person;

the powers in Part 6 of that Act;

the powers in Part 8 of that Act to the extent that they authorise, or apply in relation to, the doing of a basic search of a person;

the powers in Part 9 of that Act to the extent that they authorise, or apply in relation to, the doing of a non‑intimate forensic procedure on a person;

the powers in Part 12 Divisions 2, 3 and 5 of that Act;

the powers in Part 13 of that Act.

Despite the Criminal Investigation Act 2006 section 43(8)(b)(ii), a search warrant does not authorise a wildlife officer to do a strip search of a person.

For the purposes of the Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002 —

each of the following offices is prescribed under section 5(1)(a) of that Act —

wildlife officer;

forest officer;

ranger;

conservation and land management officer;

honorary wildlife officer;

honorary forest officer;

honorary ranger;

honorary conservation and land management officer;

the powers in Part 3 of that Act are specified under section 5(1)(b) of that Act in respect of each of those offices.