New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STATE WATER CORPORATION ACT 2004 - SECT 32

32 Authorised officers

(1) The Corporation may appoint authorised officers for the purposes of exercising its functions under this or any other Act.

(2) On appointing an authorised officer under subsection (1), the Corporation must issue to the officer a certificate of authority.

(3) A certificate of authority must:

(a) state that it is issued under the State Water Corporation Act 2004 , and

(b) give the name of the person to whom it is issued, and

(c) state the date, if any, on which it expires, and

(d) describe the nature of the functions conferred and the source of the functions.

(4) An authorised officer may exercise such of the Corporation’s functions under this or any other Act as are described in the officer’s certificate of authority.

(5) A certificate of authority may appoint the authorised officer to be an authorised officer for the purposes of section 365 of the Water Management Act 2000 , but only in relation to penalty notice offences, within the meaning of that section, that occur in the area of operations of the Corporation.

(6) If an authorised officer serves a penalty notice under section 365 of the Water Management Act 2000 , a reference to the Ministerial Corporation in section 365 (7) of that Act is taken to be a reference to the Corporation.