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by inserting, immediately after the words “maintenance of law and order” in subsection (1)(c), the words “and the detention or arrest of individuals that police officers are authorised to apprehend”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (8), the following subsection:“(8A) The Minister may designate any of the following to hear and determine, in the Minister’s place, any appeals or a specific appeal under this section:

any Minister of State or Parliamentary Secretary for the Minister’s Ministry; (b)any public officer in that Ministry not subordinate to the Commissioner whose decision is appealed against,and any reference in this section to the Minister includes a reference to the Minister of State, Parliamentary Secretary or public officer so designated for that appeal.”.