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Schedule 3 - PERSONS WHO MAY WITNESS STATEMENTS IN PRELIMINARY BRIEF, FULL BRIEF OR HAND-UP BRIEF (Sections 38, 47, 112)
1 A member of the police force of Victoria or of any other State or of the Northern Territory. 2 A member of the Australian Federal Police. 3 An officer at Customs level 2 or higher in the Australian Customs Service. 4 An officer at Australian Public Service level 5 or higher in the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. 5 A person employed at Victorian Public Service Grade 4 or higher classification under Part 3 of the Public Administration Act 2004 in the Office of Police Integrity under the Police Integrity Act 2008. 6 An officer at Australian Public Service level 5 or higher who is an Investigator in the Investigations Branch of the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. 7 An officer at Australian Public Service level 5 or higher who is a member of the Investigations Branch of the Inspector General Group in the Department of Defence. 8 A person who is an authorised officer for the purposes of Part 9 of the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006 of the Commonwealth. 9 A person who is an inspector appointed under section 267(1)(a) or (b) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992 of the Commonwealth. 10 A person appointed under regulation 42 of the Radiocommunications Regulations 1993 of the Commonwealth as an authorised person for those Regulations. 11 A person who is an inspector for the purposes of a provision of the Telecommunications Act 1997 of the Commonwealth by force of section 533(1)(a) or (b) of that Act. 12 An Investigations Officer at Australian Public Service level 5 or higher in the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. 13 An officer at Australian Public Service level 5 or higher who is an authorised person in relation to a provision of Part 6-2 of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 of the Commonwealth and employed in the Surveillance Unit, Therapeutic Goods Administration of the Department of Health and Ageing. 14 A member of the staff of the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority who is appointed as an OHS inspector under section 390 of the Offshore Petroleum Act 2006 of the Commonwealth. 15 A member of the staff of the Australian Crime Commission who is an Investigator. 16 An Investigation Officer, or a Senior Investigation Officer or the Manager, Investigations in the Health Insurance Commission. 17 An officer at Australian Public Service level 5 or higher or an equivalent level who is a Fraud Investigator or Fraud Investigator Manager in the Commonwealth Services Delivery Agency (Centrelink). 18 An officer at Australian Public Service level 5 or higher who is an Investigator or Senior Investigator in the Passport Fraud Section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 19 An officer at Australian Public Service level 5 or higher who is an investigator in the Australian Taxation Office. 20 An authorised officer under the Environment Protection Act 1970. 21 An authorised officer under the Building Act 1993. 22 An authorised officer within the meaning of the Fisheries Act 1995. 23 An inspector within the meaning of the Dangerous Goods Act 1985, Equipment (Public Safety) Act 1994 or Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004. 24 A full-time or part-time officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals who is approved as a general inspector under section 18 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986. 25 An employee of the Australian Postal Corporation who is appointed by the Corporation to act as a Corporate Investigator. 26 An officer at Australian Public Service level 5 or higher who is a member of the National Investigations Unit of the Department of Education, Science and Training. 27 An officer at Australian Public Service level 5 or higher who is an Investigator or Investigation Manager in the Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia. 28 An authorised officer within the meaning of the Radiation Act 2005. 29 A transport safety officer within the meaning of the Transport Act 1983. 30 Any other person, or a member of a class of persons, prescribed by the rules of court. ═══════════════ ENDNOTES By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.