### sec.17 Appointment and qualifications The chief executive may appoint a person as a forest officer if satisfied the person has the necessary expertise or experience to be a forest officer. The chief executive may appoint an employee of a plantation operator as a plantation officer, for a specified licence area, if satisfied the employee has the necessary expertise or experience to be a plantation officer. An appointment under this section must be made by instrument in writing. s 17 amd 1990 No. 80 s 3 sch 7 ; 1991 No. 13 s 4 sub 1992 No. 15 s 13 sch amd 2006 No. 16 s 68 sch 1 ; 2010 No. 12 s 19 sub 2014 No. 41 s 4 (sec.17-ssec.1) The chief executive may appoint a person as a forest officer if satisfied the person has the necessary expertise or experience to be a forest officer. (sec.17-ssec.2) The chief executive may appoint an employee of a plantation operator as a plantation officer, for a specified licence area, if satisfied the employee has the necessary expertise or experience to be a plantation officer. (sec.17-ssec.3) An appointment under this section must be made by instrument in writing.

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