(1) An enforcement
agency must not designate a person or class of persons under section 24(1)
unless the enforcement agency —
(a)
considers that the person or, as the case requires, the persons in that class
have appropriate qualifications and experience to perform the particular
functions that the person or class of persons are to perform as authorised
officers; and
(b) has
regard to any guidelines issued under section 29.
(2) This section does
not apply to the designation of —
(a)
public health officials, whether individually or as a class; or
(b)
environmental health officers, whether individually or as a class.