NATIONAL MEASUREMENT ACT 1960 - SECT 18RH Appointment of Commonwealth or State officials etc. as utility meter verifiers

NATIONAL MEASUREMENT ACT 1960 - SECT 18RH

  (1)   The Secretary may, in writing, appoint one or more of the following person to be utility meter verifiers:

  (a)   an APS employee (whether or not in the Department);

  (b)   a Commonwealth authority;

  (c)   an employee (whether or not an APS employee) of a Commonwealth authority;

  (d)   the holder of an office established by or under a law of the Commonwealth;

  (e)   a body corporate established for a public purpose by or under a law of a State or Territory;

  (f)   a State or Territory officer.

  (2)   The Secretary may appoint a body or person mentioned in paragraph   (1)(e) or (f) only if the State or Territory concerned agrees to the appointment.

  (3)   The appointment must specify:

  (a)   the class or classes of utility meters that the utility meter verifier may verify under the appointment; and

  (b)   the period of the appointment.

  (4)   An appointment is subject to conditions that the Secretary imposes.

  (5)   The Secretary may impose a condition at the time of making the appointment or after the appointment is made.