Stock Medicines Act 1989
28Functions of authorised officers under this Act
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28 Functions of authorised officers under this Act
28 Functions of authorised officers under this Act
(1) An authorised officer under the Biosecurity Act 2015 may exercise any function of an inspector under a repealed provision or a relevant instrument that continues to have effect. Accordingly, a reference in a repealed provision or relevant instrument to an inspector is taken, on the repeal of section 48 by the Biosecurity Act 2015, to include a reference to an authorised officer under that Act.
(2) The powers conferred on an authorised officer by subclause (1) are subject to any conditions or limitations that apply to the person’s appointment as an authorised officer under that Act.
(3) Any evidence of authority as an authorised officer issued under the Biosecurity Act 2015 is taken to be sufficient evidence of authority to exercise the functions of an inspector under a repealed provision or relevant instrument.