Section 398 — Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: Arrangements for State and Territory officers to be inspectors

(1) The Minister may enter into an arrangement with the appropriate Minister of a State or of the Australian Capital Territory or of the Northern Territory for: (a) officers or employees of the Public Service of the State or Territory, or of an authority of the State or Territory (including a local government body); or (b) members of the police force of the State or Territory; to be inspectors, and that arrangement has effect accordingly. (3) The Minister may make a written determination that a specified person, or a person included in a specified class of persons, who is an inspector because of this section does not have such of the powers conferred on an inspector by this Act as are specified in the determination. The determination has effect accordingly. (4) If the Minister makes a determination under subsection (3) about a named individual, the Minister must give the individual a copy of the determination.