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definitions of "certifying officer", "Commissioner" and "restricted record" and substituting respectively the following definitions:

    " 'certifying officer', in relation to an agency, or an eligible authority of a State, means:

       (a) in the case of the Australian Federal Police—the Commissioner of Police, a Deputy Commissioner of Police or a member of the rank of Assistant Commissioner; or

    (b) in the case of the Authority:

           (i) a member of the Authority; or

           (ii) a member of the staff of the Authority who is a Senior Executive Service officer within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1922 and is authorised in writing by the Chairman of the Authority for the purposes of this paragraph; or

       (c) in the case of the Police Force of a State—the Commissioner, a Deputy Commissioner or an officer whose rank is equivalent to that of Assistant Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police; or

       (d) in the case of the Crime Commission—a member of the Crime Commission; or

       (e) in the case of the Independent Commission Against Corruption—the Commissioner or an Assistant Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption; or

       (f) in the case of the Criminal Justice Commission—a Commissioner of the Criminal Justice Commission;

   'Commissioner' means:

       (a) in relation to the Police Force of a State—the Commissioner of Police (however designated) of that State; or

       (b) in relation to the Criminal Justice Commission—a member of the Commission, including the Chairman;

   'restricted record' means a record obtained by means of an interception, whether or not in contravention of subsection 7(1), of a communication passing over a telecommunications system;";

    (m) by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of "telegram";

    (n) by inserting in subsection (1) the following definitions:

     " 'Criminal Justice Act' means the Criminal Justice Act 1989 of Queensland;

     'Criminal Justice Commission' means the Criminal Justice Commission of Queensland;

     'Deputy Director-General of Security' means an officer of the Organization who holds office as Deputy Director-General of Security;

    'prescribed substance' means a substance that is a narcotic drug or psychotropic substance for the purposes of the Crimes (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act 1990;

     'secretary' has the same meaning as in the Corporations Law;

     'staff member', in relation to the Australian Federal Police, has the same meaning as in the Australian Federal Police Act 1979;".

(2) Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in subsection (1) the following definition:

" 'Register' means the Register of Warrants kept under section 81A;".

(3) An authorisation in force for the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of "prescribed officer" in subsection 60(4) of the Principal Act immediately before the commencement of this section has effect, for the purposes of the Principal Act as amended by