Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Minister may
appoint persons to be analysts and persons who are officers to be authorised
persons for the purposes of this Act, and an analyst who is not employed in
the Public Service of the State may be paid for his services such remuneration
as the Minister approves.
(2) Every person
appointed under subsection (1) shall be furnished with a certificate of
his appointment, signed by either the Minister or an officer authorised by the
Minister to sign the certificate on his behalf, and an authorised person
shall, if requested to do so, produce that certificate to any person in
relation to whom he is about to exercise any of his powers under this Act.
(3) A certificate
purporting to have been furnished under subsection (2) is, without proof
of the signature of the person purporting to have signed the certificate or of
his authority to sign the certificate, evidence in any court of the
appointment to which the certificate purports to relate.
(4) Where the
appointment of a person under subsection (1) expires or is otherwise
terminated, that person shall forthwith surrender the certificate furnished to
him under subsection (2) to the Minister or, if the Minister specifies in
writing that the certificate is to be surrendered to another person, to that
other person.