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Appointment of authorised officers
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16. (1) The Executive may appoint in writing such and so many persons, including members of the staff of the Executive, to be authorised officers for the purposes of this Act and such appointment may be specified to be for a fixed period.
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(2) Every authorised officer appointed under this section shall be furnished with a warrant of appointment and shall, when exercising any power conferred on him or her by this Act, if requested by a person affected, produce the warrant of appointment or copy of it to that person.
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(3) An appointment under this section as an authorised officer shall cease—
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(a) if the Executive revokes the appointment,
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(b) if the appointment is for a fixed period, on the expiry of that period, or
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(c) in the case of a person who is a member of staff of the Executive, if he or she ceases to be a member of staff.
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