Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) The Secretary of the Department may –
(a) appoint a State Service officer or State Service employee employed in the Department who is suitably qualified to be the Chief Inspector of Meat Hygiene; and
(b) appoint a State Service officer or State Service employee employed in the Department who is so qualified to act in the office of Chief Inspector in the absence of the Chief Inspector.
(2) A person appointed under subsection (1)(a) or (b) may hold, or act in, as the case may be, the office of Chief Inspector in conjunction with State Service employment.
(3) The Secretary of the Department may appoint such State Service officers and State Service employees employed in the Department as he considers necessary to be inspectors under this Act and those officers and employees may hold office as inspectors under this Act in conjunction with State Service employment.
(4) The Secretary of the Department may appoint a person who is a Commonwealth inspector to be an inspector under this Act.
(5) The Governor may make an arrangement with the Governor-General of the Commonwealth with respect to any matter necessary or convenient for the purposes of an appointment referred to in subsection (4) and the exercise and discharge by a Commonwealth inspector of the powers and functions of an inspector.
(6) The Chief Inspector may by an authority in writing authorize a State Service officer or State Service employee employed in the Department to perform such of the functions, and exercise such of the powers, conferred on the Chief Inspector under this Act as may be specified in the authority, and anything done in pursuance of such an authority has the like effect as if it were done by the Chief Inspector.
(7) The Secretary of the Department may, by instrument in writing, authorize persons, not being State Service officers or State Service employees, to perform such of the duties and exercise such of the powers of an inspector as are specified in the instrument of authorization.
(8) Where, through unavoidable or unforeseen circumstances, the performance and exercise of the functions and powers of inspectors under this Act are disrupted, the Secretary of the Department shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that those functions and powers are performed and exercised.