Appointment of authorised officers
38 Appointment of authorised officers
The trust may appoint a person to be an authorised officer under this Act.
An authorised officer appointed under this Act must be issued with an identity card—
containing the person's name and a photograph of the person;
and
stating that the person is an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act.
The identity card must be issued as soon as is reasonably practicable after the appointment is made (but an authorised officer is not prevented from exercising powers under this Act just because an identity card is yet to be issued).
An authorised officer must produce evidence of his or her appointment by showing a copy of his or her notice of appointment, or by showing his or her identity card for inspection, before exercising the powers of an authorised officer under this Act in relation to any person.
For the purposes of subsection (4), an authorised officer who produces a copy of his or her notice of appointment is not required to produce an identity card and vice versa.
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