FOOD ACT 2008 - SECT 123
FOOD ACT 2008 - SECT 123
123 . Certificates of authority
(1) An enforcement
agency must provide each authorised officer appointed by the agency with a
certificate of authority as an authorised officer.
(2) The certificate of
authority must —
(a)
state that it is issued under this Act; and
(b)
state the name of the person to whom it is issued and bear a photograph or
digital image of that person and the person’s signature; and
(c)
state the date, if any, on which it expires; and
(d)
specify any conditions or limitations to which the person’s authority is
subject; and
(e) bear
the signature of the person by whom it is issued and state the capacity in
which the person is acting in issuing the certificate.
(3) An authorised
officer is required to produce the certificate of authority —
(a) if
asked to do so by the proprietor of a food business whose premises are entered
by the authorised officer; or
(b) if
asked to do so by a person whom the authorised officer requires to produce
anything or to answer any question.
(4) This section is
subject to the Public Health Act 2016 section 31.
[Section 123 amended: No. 19 of 2016 s. 148.]