18General inspectors

18 General inspectors S. 18(1) amended by No. 65/2007 s. 92(2). (1) The following persons are general inspectors— S. 18(1)(a) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 129.2). (a) any police officer; and (b) any person who is— S. 18(1)(b)(i) amended by No. 68/1987 s. 27, substituted by Nos 115/1994 s. 142(Sch. 2 item 6), 60/2012 s. 35(1). (i) employed under Part 3 of the **Public Administration Act 2004**; or S. 18(1)(b)(ii) amended by No. 69/2004 s. 50. (ii) a full-time or part-time officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals— and who is approved as a general inspector by the Minister in writing; and S. 18(1)(c) amended by Nos 77/1995 s. 16, 22/1996 s. 18(a)(b), 65/2007 s. 92(3)(4), 60/2012 s. 35(2). (c) any person who is an authorised officer under section 72 of the **Domestic Animals Act 1994** and who is approved as a general inspector by the Minister in writing, but only in respect of an alleged offence committed or a circumstance occurring in the municipal district for which that person is an authorised officer; and S. 18(1)(d) inserted by No. 60/2012 s. 35(3). (d) any person appointed as a general inspector under a declaration made under section 20A. S. 18(2) amended by No. 65/2007 s. 92(5). (2) An approval as a general inspector remains in force for a period— (a) specified in the approval; and (b) of not more than three years expiring on 30 June in the year that it ceases to have force. S. 18(3) amended by No. 65/2007 s. 92(5). (3) The Minister may cancel an approval as a general inspector. S. 18A inserted by No. 77/1995 s. 17.