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ESSENTIAL SERVICES ACT 1981 - SECT 7A

7A—Authorised officers

        (1)         During a period of emergency—

            (a)         an authorised officer appointed under a prescribed Act may, for the purposes of the administration or enforcement of this Act, exercise powers granted to the authorised officer by the prescribed Act as if the powers were being exercised for the purposes of the administration or enforcement of the prescribed Act; and

            (b)         for that purpose, the prescribed Act is to apply subject to modifications prescribed by regulation.

        (2)         In this section—

"prescribed Act" in relation to a period of emergency means an Act declared by regulation to be a prescribed Act in relation to an essential service in respect of which the period of emergency applies.

        (3)         Nothing in this section limits any power, authority or function that a member of the police force may have in relation to the administration or enforcement of this Act.



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