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Authorised officers
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16. (1) The chief executive of a local authority may appoint such and so many persons as he or she considers appropriate to be an authorised officer or authorised officers for the purposes of this Act.
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(2) A person appointed to be an authorised officer under this section shall on his or her appointment be furnished with a warrant of his or her appointment, and when exercising a power conferred by this Act shall, if requested by any person affected thereby, produce such warrant to that person for inspection.
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(3) An appointment under this section shall cease—
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(a) if the chief executive revokes the appointment,
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(b) if the appointment is for a fixed period, on the expiry of that period, or
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(c) if the person appointed is a member of staff of the local authority, when that person ceases to be a member of the staff of the local authority.
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