39Identity cards of authorised officers

39 Identity cards of authorised officers (1) The Chief Health Officer must issue an identity card to each authorised officer he or she appoints. (2) Each other enforcement agency must issue an identity card to each authorised officer appointed by it. (3) The Chief Health Officer and the chief executive of an enforcement agency must carry an identity card when exercising the powers and performing the functions of an authorised officer. (4) An identity card must be in an approved form. (5) On an authorised officer being requested to display his or her identity card by: (a) the proprietor of a food business; (b) a person in charge of or apparently in charge of premises where a food business is being conducted and where the authorised officer is performing or about to perform his or her functions; or (c) a person who the authorised officer requires to answer a question, produce a document or other thing or give assistance to the authorised officer, the authorised officer must display his or her identity card to the

Food Act 2004 24 (6) A person who was appointed as an authorised officer by the Chief Health Officer or another enforcement agency must as soon as reasonably possible after ceasing to be an authorised officer return his or her identity card to the Chief Health Officer or other enforcement agency.