Section 15 Enforcement officers: Northern IrelandF14I1

The F1Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland (“the Department”) may appoint officers (“enforcement officers”) to act for the purposes of this Act F2, so far as it applies in relation to Northern Ireland—

The F3Department may, instead of or in addition to appointing enforcement officers under subsection (1), make arrangements with a relevant authority for officers of that authority to be enforcement officers.

The following are relevant authorities for this purpose—

Arrangements made under subsection (2) with a relevant authority within paragraph (b) or (e) of subsection (3) may provide for payments to be made by the Department in respect of the performance of any function to which the arrangements relate.

Any sums received by virtue of subsection (3A) by a Minister of the Crown or government department are to be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

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When acting for the purposes of this Act, an enforcement officer F10... shall, if so required, produce some duly authenticated document showing his authority to act.

If it appears to an enforcement officer F11... that any person with whom he is dealing while acting for the purposes of this Act does not know that he is an officer so acting, the officer shall identify himself as such to that person.

For powers to enforce this Act so far as it applies in relation to England and Wales and Scotland, see Part 5 of the Employment Rights Act 2025.

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