Western Australian Current Regulations

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (IDENTIFYING PEOPLE) REGULATIONS 2002 - REG 5

5 .         Law enforcement officers (s. 73(1)(e))

                A person is a law enforcement officer for section 73(1)(e) of the Act if the person is —

            (a)         a member of the police force of another State or a Territory or a member of the Australian Federal Police; or

            (aa)         an officer appointed under the Corruption, Crime and Misconduct Act 2003 section 179; or

            (ab)         a public service officer employed in the Public Sector Commission, but only if the forensic purpose of the disclosure concerns a matter that is relevant to the functions of the Public Sector Commissioner under the Corruption, Crime and Misconduct Act 2003 ; or

            (b)         an officer of Customs within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 of the Commonwealth; or

            (c)         a person appointed under the Fisheries Management Act 1991 (Commonwealth) section 83 to be an officer for the purposes of that Act; or

            (d)         a person authorised under the Migration Act 1958 (Commonwealth) as an authorised officer for the purposes of carrying out identification tests under that Act.

        [Regulation 5 amended: Gazette 19 Nov 2002 p. 5508; 14 Oct 2005 p. 4556; 22 Dec 2009 p. 5275; 26 Jun 2015 p. 2269.]