Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) The Secretary, on the recommendation of the Chief Veterinary Officer, may appoint by written instrument as inspectors –
(a) persons employed in the Department; and
(b) with the consent of another Head of a State Service Agency, State Service officers and State Service employees employed in that Agency; and
(c) persons who are not State Service officers or State Service employees.
(2) In addition to appointing inspectors under subsection (1), the Secretary, on the recommendation of the Chief Veterinary Officer, may appoint, by notice published in the Gazette, all members of a class of persons specified in the notice to be inspectors if the Secretary considers it necessary to do so for the purposes of controlling a List A disease.
(3) The appointment of an inspector takes effect –
(a) on the day specified in the instrument of appointment or Gazette notice under subsection (2); or
(b) if a day is not so specified, on the day the instrument was made or the notice was published in the Gazette.
(4) The appointment of an inspector under subsection (1) has effect –
(a) for the period specified in the instrument of appointment; or
(b) if a period is not so specified, until the appointment is revoked.
(5) A Gazette notice under subsection (2) –
(a) has effect for the period specified in the notice; or
(b) if no such period is so specified, has effect for a period of 3 months.
(6) An appointment may limit the powers which the inspector so appointed can exercise as specified in the instrument of appointment or Gazette notice under subsection (2).
(7) A State Service officer or State Service employee may hold the office of inspector in conjunction with State Service employment.