s 3 Appointment of officers
3.—(1) The Minister may, for the purposes of this Act, appoint —(a) a public officer as the Licensing Officer; and (b) any number of public officers as Assistant Licensing Officers that the Minister considers necessary. (2) The Licensing Officer and Assistant Licensing Officers may be known by the titles that the Minister may determine from time to time. (3) The Licensing Officer may, in relation to any provision of this Act, appoint any public officer to be an authorised officer for the purposes of that provision, either generally or in a particular case. (4) Subject to subsection (5), the Licensing Officer may, with the approval of the Minister, delegate the exercise of all or any of the powers conferred or duties imposed upon the Licensing Officer by any provision of this Act (except the power of delegation conferred by this subsection) to an Assistant Licensing Officer. (5) Any delegation under subsection (4) may be general or in a particular case and may be subject to the conditions or limitations as set out in this Act or as the Licensing Officer may specify; and any reference in the provision of this Act to the Licensing Officer includes a reference to such an Assistant Licensing Officer.