57Authorised officers

57 Authorised officers

57 Authorised officers

(1) The Minister may appoint any of the following as an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act—

(a) a Public Service employee,

(b) a council employee,

(c) a person prescribed by the regulations.

(2) The Minister must provide each authorised officer with an identification card as an authorised officer.

(3) An authorised officer must produce the identification card for inspection if—

(a) the authorised officer is exercising a function under this Act, and

(b) a person affected by the exercise of the function asks to see the identification card, however expressed.

(4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to a police officer.

Note—

Police officers are authorised officers.