New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT OPERATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 187

187 Appointment of authorised officers

(1) The EPA may appoint any person (including a class of persons) as an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act.

(2) Any other regulatory authority may appoint any officer or employee of the authority (including a class of such officers or employees) as an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act.

(2A) In addition, a regulatory authority that is a local council may appoint any officer or employee of another local council (including a class of such officers or employees) as an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act in respect of the appointing local council's area.

(3) In this section--

"employee" of an authority includes a person whose services are used by the authority and who is, in respect of those services, subject to the direction and control of the authority.