Australian Federal Police Regulations (Amendment) 1996 No. 171
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1996 No. 171
Issued by the Authority of the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice
Australian Federal Police Act 1979
Australian Federal Police Regulations (Amendment)
Section 70 of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 (the Act) provides in part, that the GovernorGeneral may make regulations for the good government of the Australian Federal Police (AFP).
The purpose of the amendment to regulation 39AB is to declare the Australian Federal Police and Torres Strait Islander Employment Development Program an approved program for the purposes of paragraph 36A(4)(b) of the Act.
Regulation 1 provides that the Australian Federal Police Regulations are amended.
Regulation 2 amends the present regulation 39AB. The amendment provides that the Australian Federal Police and Torres Strait Islander Employment Development Program is declared to be an approved program for the purposes of paragraph 36A(4)(b) of the Act. This enables the Commissioner of the AFP to act in accordance with this program when exercising his powers to appoint, transfer or promote AFP appointees.