65Authorised officers

65 Authorised officers

65 Authorised officers

(1) The Minister may appoint any person (including a class of persons) as authorised officers for the purposes of this Act.

(2) On appointing an authorised officer under subsection (1), the Minister must issue to the officer a certificate of authority unless the officer is a police officer or an authorised officer under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.

(3) A certificate of authority must—

(a) state that it is issued under the Water NSW Act 2014, and

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

(c) state the date, if any, on which it expires, and

(d) describe the nature of the functions conferred and the source of the functions.

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

(a) in the case of a police officer—the officer’s police identification, or

(b) in the case of an authorised officer under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974—the officer’s identification card as an authorised officer under that Act, or

(c) in any other case—the authorised officer’s identification card issued in accordance with this section.

(5) An authorised officer may exercise the functions under this Act that are described in the officer’s certificate of authority.