Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017

Enforcement and other matters - Enforcement officers and enforcement powers - Enforcement officers

57: Appointment of enforcement officers

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The chief executive can appoint people to be enforcement officers if they are suitably qualified and trained. You are appointed as an enforcement officer for a certain job, and you can be appointed for a term of up to 3 years. If you are an enforcement officer, you must surrender your warrant to the chief executive when your appointment ends. The chief executive must give you a written warrant that says what your job is. You can resign from being an enforcement officer at any time by giving the chief executive written notice. Just because you are an enforcement officer, you are not considered to be employed by the government for the purposes of the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956 or the Public Service Act 2020.

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Enforcement officers and enforcement powers: Enforcement officers

57Appointment of enforcement officers

The chief executive may appoint such suitably qualified and trained enforcement officers as the chief executive thinks necessary for the purposes of this Act.
An enforcement officer—
may be appointed to perform or exercise all the functions, duties, and powers of enforcement officers conferred by this Act, or particular functions, duties, and powers only:
is appointed for a term not exceeding 3 years, but may be reappointed:
may be removed from office by the chief executive, by written notice, for inability to perform the functions of the office, legal incapacity, neglect of duty, or misconduct, proved to the satisfaction of the chief executive:
may at any time resign office by written notice to the chief executive.

The chief executive must issue a written warrant to an enforcement officer appointed under this section.
The warrant must specify the functions, duties, and powers of the holder.
An enforcement officer must, on the termination of the enforcement officer’s appointment, surrender his or her warrant to the chief executive.
An enforcement officer appointed under subsection (1) is not to be regarded as employed in the service of the Crown for the purposes of the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956 or the Public Service Act 2020 just because the person is an enforcement officer.

Notes

Section 57(2)(aaa): inserted, on 29 July 2025, by section 12(1) of the Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 38).
Section 57(3A): inserted, on 29 July 2025, by section 12(2) of the Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 38).
Section 57(5): amended, on 7 August 2020, by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).