Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Act, 1998

Authorised person.

51.—(1) The company may appoint such and so many of its employees as it considers appropriate to be authorised persons for the purposes of this Act.

(2) A person appointed under subsection (1) shall, on his or her appointment, be furnished by the company with a certificate of his or her appointment and when exercising a power conferred by this Act shall, if requested by any person thereby affected, produce such certificate to that person for inspection.

(3) Any person who obstructs, impedes or assaults an authorised person in the exercise of any powers conferred on him or her by this Act shall be guilty of an offence.

(4) Any person who falsely represents himself or herself to be an authorised person shall be guilty of an offence.