Appointment of inspectors
22 Appointment of inspectors
The Secretary may appoint any officer of the Department, or any person whom the Secretary considers is suitably qualified for the purpose, to be an inspector for the purposes of this Act.
On appointing an inspector under subsection (1), the Secretary must issue to the inspector a certificate of authority that authorises the inspector to exercise the powers conferred on an inspector by this Act.
A certificate of authority must—
state that it is issued under the Gene Technology (GM Crop Moratorium) Act 2003, and
give the name of the person to whom it is issued, and
state the date, if any, on which it expires, and
describe the nature of the powers conferred and the source of the powers.
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