(1)  The Director may appoint, for the purposes of this Act, persons employed by any Agency, who hold approved qualifications, as –

(a) environmental health officers; or

(b) medical officers of health.

(2)  A person appointed under subsection (1) as an environmental health officer or a medical officer of health holds office in conjunction with his or her employment by an Agency.

(3)  If a person was appointed or purportedly appointed under this section, on a day before Part 11 of the Health Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2022 commenced, as an environmental health officer or a medical officer of health (a relevant officer ) –

(a) the person is to be taken to have been, and to always have been, validly appointed as a relevant officer for the period –

(i) beginning on and from the day on which the person was purportedly so appointed; and

(ii) ending on the day on which, if the person had been validly appointed, the person ceased to be so appointed; and

(b) the performance of a function or exercise of a power in good faith, or purported performance of a function or exercise of a power in good faith, by such a relevant officer is not invalid solely on the basis that his or her appointment as a relevant officer has been validated under this subsection.

(4)  Despite subsection (3) , all appointments under this section that were in force immediately before Part 11 of the Health Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2022 commenced are revoked on the day on which that Part commenced.