Public Health Act 2016

An enforcement agency must issue to each person who is an authorised officer by virtue of a designation by the agency a certificate of authority as an authorised officer.

The certificate of authority must —

state that it is issued under this Act; and

state the name of the person to whom it is issued and bear —

a photograph or digital image of that person; and

the person’s signature;

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

specify —

the Acts or the provisions of the Acts for the purposes of which the person is designated as an authorised officer; and

any provisions of an Act that are excluded from the designation;

specify any conditions or restrictions to which the person’s authority is subject; and

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 must produce the certificate of authority —

if asked to do so by the person in charge of any premises entered under this Act by the authorised officer; or

if asked to do so by a person who, under this Act, is required by the authorised officer to produce anything or to answer any question.

If an enforcement agency is satisfied that obtaining a photograph or digital image of a person to whom a certificate of authority is to be issued, or the person’s signature, would unreasonably delay the issuing of the certificate to that person, the enforcement agency may issue a temporary certificate of authority that does not comply with either or both of the requirements of subsection (2)(b).

A temporary certificate of authority —

is valid for the period, not exceeding one month, that is stated on the certificate; but

otherwise has the same effect as an ordinary certificate of authority issued under this section.