ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 2002 - SECT 35

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 2002 - SECT 35

35 .         Restricted appointments

        (1)         A general inspector who is an employee of a local government —

            (a)         is an inspector only for the district of that local government; and

            (b)         may only exercise the powers of an inspector outside that district if —

                  (i)         the exercise of the power relates to an offence reasonably suspected to have been committed in the inspector’s district; or

                  (ii)         the local government of the district where the power is to be exercised has authorised the exercise of the power by the inspector in its district; or

                  (iii)         the inspector considers the situation to be an emergency.

        (2)         The CEO may, by written notice, restrict the authority of an inspector, other than a police officer, by limiting all or any of the following —

            (a)         the functions that may be performed by the inspector;

            (b)         the —

                  (i)         places where;

                  (ii)         times when;

                  (iii)         circumstances in which,

                the inspector may perform the inspector’s functions.

        (3)         When the authority of an inspector is restricted under subsection (2) the functions conferred on the inspector by or under this Act are limited to the extent set out in the notice.

        (4)         A restriction under subsection (2) —

            (a)         may be imposed when the inspector is appointed or at a later time; and

            (b)         may be varied or cancelled by the CEO by written notice to the inspector.

        [Section 35 amended: No. 28 of 2006 s. 354.]