(1)  The Secretary –

(a) may appoint a State Service officer or State Service employee employed in the Department to be an authorised person for the purpose of these regulations; and

(b) with the consent of another Head of a State Service Agency, may appoint a State Service officer or State Service employee employed in that Agency to be an authorised person for the purposes of these regulations –

and that officer or employee may hold that office in conjunction with State Service employment.

(2)  The Secretary may determine, in writing, a class of persons to be authorised persons.

(3)  A person appointed as an authorised person under subregulation (1) , or who is of a class determined to be authorised persons under subregulation (2) , is an authorised person subject to any conditions specified in the appointment or determination, including but not limited to –

(a) a condition that the person is an authorised person for the purposes, or in relation to the provisions of the Act or these regulations, specified in the appointment or determination; and

(b) a condition that the person is not an authorised person for the purposes, or in relation to the provisions of the Act or these regulations, specified in the appointment or determination.