New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STOCK DISEASES ACT 1923 - SECT 6

6 Inspectors

(1) The Director-General may appoint a person to be an inspector for the purposes of this Act.

(2) The Director-General may authorise in writing any person to perform any or all of the duties and exercise any or all of the powers of an inspector.

(3) The Director-General may:

(a) revoke an appointment made, and

(b) amend or revoke an authority given,

under this section.

(4) An appointment of a person or an authority given to a person under this section in the person’s capacity as an officer or a temporary employee of the Public Service employed in the Department or in some other capacity shall be deemed to be revoked if the person ceases to be such an officer or a temporary employee or to be employed in that other capacity.

(4A) Despite subsection (4), a person who:

(a) was appointed as an inspector or authorised to perform any duties, or exercise any powers, of an inspector by an authorisation revoked by that subsection, and

(b) is subsequently employed in a capacity in which the person is required by the Director-General to perform the duties, or exercise the powers, of an inspector,

may, while the person is employed in that capacity, perform those duties and exercise those powers as if the former appointment or authorisation were still in force.

(5) An inspector shall have, and may exercise, the duties and powers imposed or conferred on the inspector by or under this Act.