Authorised officers and approved officers
6 Authorised officers and approved officers
Every police officer, other than a senior police officer, is an authorised officer for the purposes of the CP Act Part 2.
A police officer who is an authorised officer under subregulation (1) can show that he or she is authorised to issue infringement notices by showing his or her Certificate of Authority.
Every senior police officer is an approved officer for the purposes of the CP Act Part 2.
The Commissioner of Police may, in writing, appoint a person who is not a police officer to be an approved officer for the purposes of the CP Act Part 2.
An appointment under subregulation (4) may be made —
for the purposes of the CP Act section 9(1)(f)(iii), 14 or 15 or the purposes of 2 or more of those sections; and
in respect of a specified person or persons of a specified class.
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