170GCertain authorised officers under Food Act 2003 may exercise functions for s 170F

170G Certain authorised officers under Food Act 2003 may exercise functions for s 170F

170G Certain authorised officers under Food Act 2003 may exercise functions for s 170F

(1) A person appointed by a relevant local council as an authorised officer for the Food Act 2003 may exercise the functions of an authorised officer appointed by a local council under this Act, section 187(2).

(2) A person mentioned in subsection (1)—

(a) is taken to be an authorised officer appointed under section 187(2) for section 170F, and

(b) may exercise the functions of an authorised officer appointed by the relevant council under section 187(2) only for section 170F, and

(c) does not need to be provided with an identification card under section 189(1) for section 170F, and

(d) sufficiently complies with section 189(2) if, in exercising functions for section 170F, the person produces the person’s card as an authorised officer for the purposes of the Food Act 2003.

(3) In this section—

relevant local council means a local council that is an enforcement agency under the Food Act 2003.

s 170G: Ins 2025 No 1, Sch 1[4].