Regulation 7 EnforcementI1
England and Wales
(1)
A regulator may authorise any person as an enforcement officer to exercise, for an authorised purpose and in accordance with the terms of the authorisation, any of the powers specified in regulation 10 (power of entry, investigation, and examination etc.) if that person appears to the regulator suitable to exercise them.
(2)
An authorisation under paragraph (1) must be in writing.
(3)
In this Part, “authorised purpose” means the purpose of determining whether an offence under these Regulations has been or is being committed, or whether any requirement of a civil sanction imposed under these Regulations has been or is being contravened.