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Public and Environmental Health Act 2011
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76 Who is authorised officer
(1) Each of the following persons is an authorised officer:
(a) the CHO;
(b) a person appointed under subsection (2);
(c) if an enforcement agency is an individual – the agency;
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(d) if an enforcement agency is a body corporate – the chief
executive officer of the agency;
(e) a person appointed under section 74;
(f) a police officer exercising or purporting to exercise the
powers, or performing or purporting to perform the functions,
of an authorised officer under this Act.
(2) The CHO may appoint a person to be an authorised officer.