(1) The Minister may make a written determination that a specified person is an authorised officer for the purposes of this Part. The determination has effect accordingly.
Note: A person may be specified by name, by inclusion in a specified class or in any other way.
(2) The Minister may make a written determination that a specified authorised officer does not have such of the powers conferred on an authorised officer by this Part as are specified in the determination. The determination has effect accordingly.
Note: A person may be specified by name, by inclusion in a specified class or in any other way.
(3) The Minister may make a written determination that the powers conferred on a specified authorised officer by this Part are subject to such limitations as are specified in the determination. The determination has effect accordingly.
Note: A person may be specified by name, by inclusion in a specified class or in any other way.
(4) If the Minister makes a determination under subsection (2) or (3) about a named individual, the Minister must give the individual a copy of the determination.
(5) The Minister may issue a written certificate stating any or all of the following:
(a) that a specified person was at a specified time, or was at all times during a specified period, an authorised officer for the purposes of this Part;
(b) that at a specified time, or at all times during a specified period, a specified person had such of the powers conferred on an authorised officer by this Part as are specified in the certificate;
(c) that a specified time, or at all times during a specified period, the powers conferred on a specified person by this Part were subject to such limitations as are specified in the certificate.
Note: A person may be specified by name, by inclusion in a specified class or in any other way.
(6) In any proceedings relating to this Act, a certificate under subsection (5) is prima facie evidence of the matters in the certificate.
(7) A document purporting to be a certificate under subsection (5) must, unless the contrary is established, be taken to be a certificate and to have been properly given.