Trustees Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Transparency and Effective Control
84B. Appointment of authorised officers
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The Commissioner may appoint any of the following persons to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this Part:
a public officer;
an auxiliary police officer appointed under Part 9 of the Police Force Act 2004;
a public accountant registered or deemed to be registered under the Accountants Act 2004;
any individual suitably qualified and trained to be an authorised officer.
The Commissioner may delegate the exercise of any powers conferred or duties imposed on the Commissioner under this Part to an authorised officer, subject to any condition or limitation that the Commissioner may specify.
Subsection (2) does not apply to the following:
the power of appointment under subsection (1);
the power of delegation under subsection (2).
An authorised officer is taken to be a public servant for the purposes of the Penal Code 1871 when exercising any power conferred or performing any duty delegated to the authorised officer by the Commissioner.