Appointment of authorised officers
35 Appointment of authorised officers
The
Minister may, by instrument in writing, appoint—
a specified person to be an authorised officer; or
persons of a specified class to be authorised officers.
An authorised officer may but need not be an employee in the public service or an employee of a government or government body.
An authorised person as defined in the Local
Government Act 1999 is an authorised officer under this Act for the purposes of—
enforcing prescribed provisions of this Act in the area of the council for which the person is an authorised person; or
exercising the powers of an authorised officer under prescribed provisions of this Act in the area of the council for which the person is an authorised person.
Every person for the time being in charge of a ferry established by a council or established, maintained or operated by the Commissioner of Highways is an authorised officer under this Act.
Without limiting the above, an authorised officer as defined in a corresponding road law may be appointed as an authorised officer under this section.
An appointment under this section may be subject to conditions, including—
conditions limiting the exercise of powers by the authorised officer to the enforcement of specified provisions of the Act or the enforcement of the Act within a specified area of the State; and
conditions on the exercise of powers conferred on authorised officers by a road law.
The
Minister may, at any time, by instrument in writing applicable to a specified authorised officer or each authorised officer of a specified class—
impose conditions of a kind referred to in subsection (6);
or
vary or revoke such conditions.
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