Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister may if the Minister thinks fit nominate and appoint in writing the chief executive or other officer of the department to hold an inquiry into the operation of a casino.
(2) In the holding of the inquiry the chief executive or appointed officer shall have and may exercise all the powers, authorities, rights, privileges, protection and jurisdiction of a commission of inquiry under the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950, save such as are by that Act reserved to a chairperson of a commission when that chairperson is a judge of the Supreme Court.
(3) Nothing contained in this section affects any other powers that the chief executive has under this Act or, where the appointed officer is an inspector, that the appointed officer has as an inspector under this Act.