New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
(1) Every person designated as a Medical Officer of Health by the Director-General of Health under the Health Act 1956 is an inspector for the purposes of this Act.
(2) A Medical Officer of Health may also appoint persons as inspectors for his or her health district, on a permanent or temporary basis, for the purposes of this Act.
(3) A Medical Officer of Health may appoint a person as an inspector only if satisfied that he or she is suitably qualified or trained to carry out that role.
(4) That appointment must be in writing and must contain—
(a) a reference to this section; and
(b) the full name of the appointed person; and
(c) a statement of the powers conferred on the appointed person by section 26 and the purpose under section 24 for which those powers may be used.
