POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 1966 - SECT 42
Inspectors
POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 1966 - SECT 42
Inspectors
42 Inspectors
(1) The Secretary may, in writing, appoint a person to be an inspector for the
purposes of this Act.
(2) An appointment under this section may authorise the
exercise of all the functions of an inspector under this Act or only specified
functions and may authorise the exercise of functions generally or in a
particular case.
(4) The Secretary must ensure that each inspector appointed under
this section is issued with a certificate of identity that incorporates a
recent photograph of the inspector.
(5) A person appointed under this section
must, as soon as practicable after ceasing to be an inspector, return the
person's certificate of identity as an inspector to the Secretary.
: Maximum
penalty--2 penalty units.
(6) A police officer is, by virtue of his or her
office, taken to be an inspector for the purposes of this Act.
Note :
Section 47 of the Interpretation Act 1987 provides, among other things, that
a power of appointment includes a power to remove or suspend an appointee and
power to appoint another person to act in place of an appointee who is removed
or suspended from appointment.