Chemical Weapons Act, 1997

Authorised officers.

6.—(1) The National Authority may appoint such and so many officers of the Authority as it thinks fit to be authorised officers for the purposes of this Act.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the National Authority shall issue to every such authorised officer a warrant of the officer's appointment and, when exercising a power conferred on an authorised officer under this Act the authorised officer shall, on being so requested by a person affected, show the warrant to that person.

(3) A certificate of authority furnished to a person authorised to be an inspector for any purpose under section 33 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 1989 , and who is also appointed to be an authorised officer under subsection (1) of this section, shall be deemed to be a warrant of his or her appointment issued under subsection (2) of this section.