50Authorised officers

50 Authorised officers

50 Authorised officers

(1) The Secretary may appoint a person employed in the Ministry of Health, or a person of a class prescribed by the regulations, to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act.

(2) An authorised officer may exercise such functions as are conferred on an authorised officer by this Act or the regulations.

(3) The Secretary is to provide each authorised officer with an identification card that—

(a) states that it is issued under this Act, and

(b) gives the name of the person to whom it is issued, and

(c) describes the nature of the powers conferred, and

(d) states the date (if any) on which it expires, and

(e) is signed by the Secretary.

(4) In the course of exercising the functions of an authorised officer under this Act, the authorised officer must, if requested to do so by a person affected by the exercise of any such function, produce the authorised officer’s identification card to the person.

s 50: Am 2015 No 58, Sch 3.74 [3].