20Identity cards to be shown

20 Identity cards to be shown

20 Identity cards to be shown

(1) An authorised officer must—

(a) carry his or her identity card at all times when exercising a power under this Act to enter premises or a power that may be exercised after entering premises, and

(b) produce the identity card if requested to do so by a person in relation to whom the authorised officer is exercising, or about to exercise, the power.

(2) An investigator appointed under the Fair Trading Act 1987 complies with this section if the investigator carries and produces the investigator’s certificate of identification issued under that Act.

(3) This section does not apply to a power conferred by a search warrant or to a power exercised by an authorised officer who is the Secretary or a police officer.