PART 14Monitoring and enforcement

CHAPTER 3Inspectors

SECTION 1Appointment and powers

Powers of inspector239.

(1)

The regulator may authorise the inspector to exercise any power set out in Section 2 of this Chapter.

(2)

That authority may be given—

(a)

without restriction, or

(b)

only to a limited extent or for limited purposes.

(3)

The authority conferred by an instrument of appointment to exercise any power may be varied by the regulator by a further instrument in writing varying the instrument of appointment.

(4)

When exercising or seeking to exercise a power, an inspector must, if asked, produce formal identification showing their authority to exercise that power.