Animal Welfare Act 1993
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13 Officers
[Section 13 Substituted by No. 18 of 2015, s. 11, Applied:24 Jun 2015]
(1) The Minister may appoint persons to be officers for the purposes of this Act on such terms and for such periods as the Minister determines.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1) , the Minister may appoint a person to be an officer for the purposes of this Act subject to any one or more of the following:
(a) the successful completion of training specified by the Minister;
(b) that the person holds, and continues to hold, qualifications specified by the Minister;
(c) that the person is only to exercise certain functions or powers of officers as specified by the Minister if the person holds, and continues to hold, the qualifications specified by the Minister in respect of the function or power.