Food Act 2003

An enforcement agency is to provide each authorised officer appointed by it with a certificate of authority as an authorised officer.

The functions of an authorised officer may be limited by the authorised officer’s certificate of authority.

The certificate of authority—

must state that it is issued under this Act, and

must give the name of the person to whom it is issued and bear a photograph of that person and the person’s signature, and

must state the date, if any, on which it expires, and

must specify any conditions to which the person’s authority is subject, and

must bear the signature of the person by whom it is issued and state the capacity in which the person is acting in issuing the certificate.

An authorised officer is required to produce the certificate of authority—

if requested to do so by the proprietor of a food business whose premises are entered by the authorised officer, or

if requested to do so by a person whom the authorised officer requires to produce anything or to answer any question.