82DPower to serve a notice

82D Power to serve a notice (1) An authorised officer may serve an infringement notice on any person that she or he has reason to believe has committed an offence specified by the regulations as an offence in respect of which an infringement notice may be issued. (2) In this Division ***authorised officer*** means— (a) an inspector under the **Consumer Affairs Act 1972**; S. 82D(2)(b) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 114.2). (b) a police officer; (c) a person authorised in writing by the Director. S. 82D(3) inserted by No. 32/2006 s. 94(Sch. item 34(1)). (3) An offence referred to in subsection (1) for which an infringement notice may be served is an infringement offence within the meaning of the **Infringements Act 2006** and the penalty for that offence is the prescribed infringement penalty in respect of that offence. S. 82E inserted by No. 74/1996 s. 37, substituted by No. 32/2006 s. 94(Sch. item 34(2)).