This legislation has been repealed.
If—
(a) with the consent of the intergovernmental committee, a function or power in relation to the investigation of matters relating to a relevant criminal activity is given to a member or members by the Executive; and
(b) the Commonwealth Minister informs the member or members in writing that the Commonwealth Minister is satisfied that that function or power may conveniently be exercised in conjunction with the exercise by the authority of its functions or powers under the Commonwealth Act;
then, notwithstanding anything contained in any other provision of this Act, the member or members must exercise the function, or may exercise the power, in conjunction with the exercise by the authority of its functions or powers under this Act, the Commonwealth Act or a corresponding Act of a State, and the members of the staff of the authority may be employed by the authority in assisting the member or members referred to in paragraph (a) in exercise of the function or power referred to in that paragraph.