Regulation 9 Appointment of authorised officers

(1)

Subject to the following paragraphs of this regulation–

(a)

the appropriate Minister; and

(b)

the local authority (in the latter case to act in relation to that authority),

may appoint any person to be an authorised officer for the purposes of these Regulations, and may suspend or revoke such an appointment if it appears to that Minister or, in the case of an officer appointed by a local authority, to that local authority, that the person so appointed is unfit or unable to carry out the duties of an authorised officer.

(2)

Any appointment, suspension or revocation made pursuant to paragraph (1) above shall be in writing.

(3)

Any person appointed by the Minister to be an inspector for the purposes of the Animal Health Act 1981 shall be deemed to have been separately appointed by each of the Ministers of the Crown specified in the definition of “the appropriate Minister” in paragraph (1) of regulation 2 above to be an authorised officer under paragraph (1) above.

(4)

Any person appointed by the appropriate Minister to be an inspector for the purposes of the Animal Health Act 1981 shall be deemed to have been appointed by that Minister to be an authorised officer under paragraph (1) above.

(5)

Any person appointed by a local authority to be an inspector for the purposes of the Animal Health Act 1981 shall be deemed to be a person appointed by that local authority to be an authorised officer under paragraph (1) above.