Appointment of environmental health officers
17 Appointment of environmental health officers
A local government may appoint one or more persons as environmental health officers.
An appointee may be —
a person employed by the local government under the Local Government Act 1995 section 5.36; or
a person engaged by the local government under a contract for services.
A local government must not appoint a person as an environmental health officer unless the person has the qualifications and experience approved by the Chief Health Officer under section 18.
Two or more local governments may enter into arrangements for one or more persons to be appointed as environmental health officers for each of those local governments.
This section does not limit the Local Government Act 1995 section 5.36.
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