Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Regulation 2022
127Authorisation of enforcement officers by organisation—the Act, s 226
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127 Authorisation of enforcement officers by organisation—the Act, s 226
127 Authorisation of enforcement officers by organisation—the Act, s 226
(1) An organisation may appoint a person as an enforcement officer by authorising the person to exercise the functions of an enforcement officer.
(2) An organisation must not appoint a person as an enforcement officer unless the person is a member of staff of the organisation.
(3) In this section—
member of staffof an organisation includes a reference to a person who—
(a) is a member of staff of a body corporate, whether or not the body corporate is a public authority, and
(b) acts under the direction and control of the organisation in the provision of services that are the subject of an arrangement between the body corporate and the organisation.
Note—
The Government Sector Employment Act 2013, section 59 provides that a reference to a member of staff of a statutory body must be read as including a reference to—
(a) a Public Service employee who is employed to enable the statutory body to exercise its functions, or
(b) otherwise—a person whose services the statutory body makes use of, whether by secondment or otherwise.