§ 5 — Authorised officers appointed by competent authority and delegation by competent authority

5.—(1) The competent authority may, in relation to this Act or any provision of this Act, appoint any of the following individuals to be an authorised officer to administer this Act, either generally or for any particular provision:(a)

a public officer;

(b)

an employee of a public authority;

(c)

a public officer performing duties in a public authority under a secondment arrangement making available temporarily to the public authority the services of the public officer.

(2) Every authorised officer appointed under subsection (1)(b) is deemed to be a public servant for the purposes of the Penal Code 1871.

(3) The competent authority may, for any reason that appears to the competent authority to be sufficient, at any time revoke any appointment as an authorised officer made by the competent authority.

(4) The competent authority may delegate the exercise of all or any of the powers conferred, or the performance of all or any of the duties imposed, on the competent authority by any provision of this Act (except the power of delegation conferred by this subsection) to an authorised officer, and any reference in a provision of this Act to the competent authority includes a reference to such an authorised officer.

(5) A delegation under subsection (4) by the competent authority may be general or for a particular case and is subject to any conditions or limitations that are set out in this Act or that the competent authority may specify.

—(1) The competent authority may, in relation to this Act or any provision of this Act, appoint any of the following individuals to be an authorised officer to administer this Act, either generally or for any particular provision:(a)

a public officer;

(b)

an employee of a public authority;

(c)

a public officer performing duties in a public authority under a secondment arrangement making available temporarily to the public authority the services of the public officer.

(2) Every authorised officer appointed under subsection (1)(b) is deemed to be a public servant for the purposes of the Penal Code 1871.

(3) The competent authority may, for any reason that appears to the competent authority to be sufficient, at any time revoke any appointment as an authorised officer made by the competent authority.

(4) The competent authority may delegate the exercise of all or any of the powers conferred, or the performance of all or any of the duties imposed, on the competent authority by any provision of this Act (except the power of delegation conferred by this subsection) to an authorised officer, and any reference in a provision of this Act to the competent authority includes a reference to such an authorised officer.

(5) A delegation under subsection (4) by the competent authority may be general or for a particular case and is subject to any conditions or limitations that are set out in this Act or that the competent authority may specify.