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TOBACCO PRODUCTS CONTROL ACT 2006 - SECT 77

77 .         Appointment of restricted investigators

        (1)         In this section —

        enforcement agency means —

            (a)         the CEO; or

            (b)         a local government; or

            (c)         a person or body, or a person or body within a class of persons or bodies, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.

        (2)         An enforcement agency may appoint, by instrument in writing, a person to be a restricted investigator.

        (3)         An enforcement agency must not appoint a person under subsection (2) unless the agency —

            (a)         considers that the person has the appropriate qualifications and experience to perform the functions referred to in section 78(1); and

            (b)         has regard to any guidelines issued under subsection (4).

        (4)         The CEO may issue guidelines that describe the qualifications and experience that are appropriate for a person to be appointed to be a restricted investigator under subsection (2).

        (5)         A person ceases to be a restricted investigator —

            (a)         when the period of the person’s appointment expires; or

            (b)         when the person’s appointment is revoked.

        (6)         An enforcement agency must —

            (a)         maintain a list of restricted investigators appointed by the agency; and

            (b)         give a copy of the list to the CEO if requested to do so.

        [Section 77 inserted: No. 21 of 2018 s. 12.]



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