(1) The chief
executive officer of the Department —
(a) may
appoint such persons to be authorised persons for the purposes of this Act as
the chief executive officer considers necessary; and
(b) must
issue each person appointed under paragraph (a) with an identity card, in the
prescribed form, certifying that the person is an authorised person under this
Act.
(2) A person appointed
under subsection (1)(a) must produce the identity card referred to in
subsection (1)(b) whenever required to do so by any person in respect of whom
the person has exercised, or is about to exercise, any of the powers of an
authorised person under this Act.
(3) Production of an
identity card referred to in subsection (1)(b) is prima facie evidence that
the person to whom the identity card relates is an authorised person for the
purposes of this Act.
[(4) deleted]
[Section 17 amended: No. 16 of 2019 s. 85.]