Section 397 — Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: Inspectors ex officio

(1) By force of this section each of the following is an inspector: (a) each member or special member of the Australian Federal Police; (b) each person appointed as an inspector under subsection 43(1) of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 (other than such a person whose appointment relates only to the powers of an inspector under Part VIIA of that Act); (c) each officer of Customs. (2) Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply for the purposes of the application of this Act to an offence against, or a matter relating to, Part 13A. (3) By force of this section, for the purposes of the application of this Act to an offence against, or a matter relating to, Part 13A, each of the following is an inspector: (b) each member of the police force of an external Territory; (c) each biosecurity officer (within the meaning of the Biosecurity Act 2015). Note: Part 13A deals with international movement of wildlife specimens.