Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) If, immediately
before this section comes into operation, a person holds an appointment as an
environmental health officer under the Health Act, then, on this section
coming into operation, the person is to be taken —
(a) to
have been designated as an authorised officer under section 24(1) by the local
government that appointed the person as an environmental health officer; and
(b) to
have been so designated for the purposes of —
(i)
Parts 8, 9, 14 and 16; and
(ii)
the Health Act sections 145(1), 157(2), 173 (paragraph
(a) of the definition of authorised person ), 181, 183, 184(1), 227(1),
228(1), 234(1), 257, 262(3), 265(1), 267(1)(c), 268(a), 277(1)(b) and (3),
280(2), 349(1), 351(1), (2) and (5), 352(1) and (2), 358(2) and 375; and
(iii)
the Dog Act 1976 ; and
(iv)
the Tobacco Products Control Act 2006 ; and
(v)
the Food Act 2008 ; and
(vi)
the Cat Act 2011 .
(2) If, under the
Health Act section 30(1), the local governments of 2 or more districts have
joined in the appointment of a person to whom subsection (1) applies, the
person is to be taken to have been designated as an authorised officer, for
the purposes referred to in subsection (1)(b), by those local governments
acting jointly under section 24(4).
(3) This section does
not limit or affect the power of a local government, or local governments
acting jointly, to revoke or vary the designation, as an authorised officer,
of a person to whom subsection (1) applies.
[ 313 - 320. Have not come into operation.]