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### 150A Authorized officers
> *\[Section 150A Inserted by No. 16 of 1995, s. 80 \]*
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> > (1) [*\[Section 150A Subsection (1) amended by No. 65 of 2004, s. 34, Applied:17 Dec 2004\]*](/view/html/inforce/2004-12-17/act-2004-065#GS34@Hpa@EN) The Secretary may appoint as an authorized officer for the purposes of this Act–
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> > > > (a) [*\[Section 150A Subsection (1) amended by No. 86 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 May 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-05-01/act-2000-086#JS1@Ja172@GC8@Hpa@EN) a State Service officer or State Service employee employed in the Department; or
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> > > > (b) [*\[Section 150A Subsection (1) amended by No. 86 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 May 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-05-01/act-2000-086#JS1@Ja172@GC8@Hpb@EN) with the approval of another Head of a State Service Agency, a State Service officer or State Service employee employed in that Agency.
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> > (2) [*\[Section 150A Subsection (2) amended by No. 65 of 2004, s. 34, Applied:17 Dec 2004\]*](/view/html/inforce/2004-12-17/act-2004-065#GS34@Hpb@EN) The Secretary is to issue an authorized officer appointed under [subsection (1)](#GS150A@Gs1@EN) with a certificate of appointment.
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> > (3) [*\[Section 150A Subsection (3) amended by No. 65 of 2004, s. 34, Applied:17 Dec 2004\]*](/view/html/inforce/2004-12-17/act-2004-065#GS34@Hpc@EN) The Secretary may authorize a person, other than a person referred to in [subsection (1)](#GS150A@Gs1@EN) , to perform the functions and exercise the powers of an authorized officer under this Act.
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> > (4) [*\[Section 150A Subsection (4) amended by No. 65 of 2004, s. 34, Applied:17 Dec 2004\]*](/view/html/inforce/2004-12-17/act-2004-065#GS34@Hpd@EN) The Secretary is to issue a person authorized under [subsection (3)](#GS150A@Gs3@EN) with a certificate of authorization.