Power to appoint special officers
31A Power to appoint special officers
The Commissioner may appoint as a special officer any person who is —
a member of the Australian Federal Police; or
a member of the police force of another State or of a Territory; or
a sworn employee of the New Zealand Police; or
a law enforcement officer of a foreign jurisdiction prescribed for the purposes of this subsection.
The Commissioner may appoint a person as a special officer for the purposes of Part 2 or 2A.
The Commissioner must not make an appointment under subsection (1) unless the Commissioner is of the opinion that the appointment is necessary —
in the case of an appointment for the purposes of Part 2, for the more effective exercise of the powers that may be exercised under a Commissioner’s warrant as defined in section 6; or
in the case of an appointment for the purposes of Part 2A, to more effectively respond to a declared incident as defined in section 21A.
[Section 31A inserted: No. 11 of 2018 s. 7.]
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