Packaged Goods (Quantity Control) Act, 1980

Inspectors.

13.—(1) The Minister may appoint any person who is either—

(a) an officer of the Minister, or

(b) a person who for the time being stands appointed under the Weights and Measures Acts, 1878 to 1961, as an inspector of weights and measures,

to be an inspector for the purposes of this Act.

(2) Every person appointed under subsection (1) of this section by the Minister to be an inspector shall be furnished with a certificate of his appointment and when exercising a power under this Act shall, if requested by any person thereby affected, produce such certificate for inspection by the person.

(3) Without prejudice to any power apart from this subsection of the Minister as regards the revocation of appointments, the Minister may at any time revoke an appointment under this section, and in case the Minister revokes an appointment under this section, the person whose appointment is so revoked shall forthwith give to the Minister the certificate furnished to him under this section.