Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) For the purposes
of this Act and in particular the definition of “public officer”
in section 3, another Act or the regulations made under this Act
may —
(a)
prescribe an office to which people are appointed under a written law for a
public purpose and a function of which is the investigation of offences; and
(b) in
respect of that office, specify those of the powers in this Act that a holder
of that office may exercise, being powers that this Act provides may be
exercised by a public officer.
(2) A public officer
may only exercise a power under this Act in relation to an offence
if —
(a) the
office held by the public officer has been prescribed under
subsection (1)(a);
(b) the
power is one that has been specified under subsection (1)(b) as one that
the officer may exercise; and
(c) the
offence is one that the officer, by virtue of being such an officer, is
authorised to investigate or prosecute.