Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) 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.
(2) 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.
(3) In this section:
"senior officer" means:
(a) in relation to the Australian Federal Police--a Deputy Commissioner, an Assistant Commissioner, or a person occupying an equivalent or higher rank in the Australian Federal Police; and
(b) in relation to the Immigration and Border Protection Department--a person who holds or performs the duties of an SES Band 3 position, or an equivalent or higher position, in that Department; and
(c) in relation to the ACC, either of the following:
(i) the Executive Director Operational Strategies, the Executive Director Intelligence Strategies, or a person occupying an equivalent or higher position in the ACC;
(ii) a person occupying a position prescribed by the regulations; and
(d) in relation to the Australian Taxation Office--an Assistant Commissioner, or a person occupying an equivalent or higher position in the Australian Taxation Office; and
(e) in relation to a Commonwealth agency specified in the regulations for the purposes of the definition of law enforcement agency --an officer of the agency specified in the regulations to be a senior officer of the agency.