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Authorised officers.
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3.—(1) There may be appointed in writing, either generally or in respect of any matter or event, such and so many persons as the Minister thinks fit and who, in the opinion of the Minister, are suitably qualified to be authorised officers for the purposes of some or all of the provisions of this Act relating to authorised officers as shall be specified therein and any such appointment shall be in respect of the State unless the appointment specifies that it is in respect of a specified area within the State.
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(2) A warrant of appointment as an authorised officer shall—
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(a) be furnished to every person appointed under this section,
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(b) indicate the purposes for and, where appropriate, the extent to which the authorised person was so appointed,
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and, when exercising any function conferred on the person as an authorised officer, that officer shall, if requested by a person affected, produce the warrant to that person.
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(3) An appointment under this section shall remain in force—
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(a) until such date as may be specified in the appointment that it is to remain in force or, if earlier, until it is withdrawn by the Minister in writing, or
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(b) in any other case, until it is withdrawn by the Minister in writing.
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