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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1958 - SECT 30

Meaning of ""authorised officer''.

30.(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the expression "authorised
officer" means an officer of a [district council] authorised by that [council]
in writing, either generally or specially, to act in matters of any specified
kind or in any specified matter.

[(2) Any public health inspector of a district council shall be deemed to be
an authorised officer of that council for all purposes of this Act.]

(3) A member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons employed by a
[district council] for the purpose of inspection of food shall be deemed to be
an authorised officer of the [council] for the purpose of the examination and
seizure of meat under the provisions of Part I relating to food unfit for
human consumption.

(4) An officer of a [district council] shall not be authorised to act under
this Act in relation to the examination and seizure of meat unless he is

(a)a person deemed to be an authorised officer by virtue of sub-section (2) or
sub-section (3); or

(b)a person having such qualifications as may be prescribed.

Public analysts.

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