The Fertilisers (Mammalian Meat and Bone Meal) (Conditions of Manufacture) Regulations 1998

Appointment of authorised officers

9.—(1) The appropriate Minister and (to act in relation to that authority) the local authority may appoint any person to be an authorised officer for the purpose of these Regulations, and may suspend or revoke such appointment if it appears to the 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 a body under section 67(3)(a) of the Agriculture Act 1970(1) shall be deemed to be a person appointed by that body under paragraph (1) above.

(1)

1970 c. 40. Section 67 was amended in its application to Wales by paragraph 38(5) of Schedule 16, and Schedule 18, to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (1994 c. 19) and in its application to Scotland by paragraph 85(2) of Schedule 13 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (1994 c. 39). Section 67 is modified in its application to Northern Ireland by section 86 of the Agriculture Act 1970.