Prostitution Reform Act 2003

Commercial sexual services - Powers to enter and inspect compliance with health and safety requirements

25: Inspectors

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"Who can be an inspector to help keep people safe under the Prostitution Reform Act 2003"

You can be an inspector for the Prostitution Reform Act 2003 if you are a Medical Officer of Health. This means you have been chosen by the Director-General of Health under the Health Act 1956. A Medical Officer of Health can also choose other people to be inspectors for their health district.

You can be chosen as an inspector on a permanent or temporary basis. The Medical Officer of Health must think you are qualified or trained to do the job. If you are chosen, the appointment must be in writing and include your full name.

It must also say what powers you have under section 26 and what you can use those powers for, as stated in section 24.

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Part 2Commercial sexual services
Powers to enter and inspect compliance with health and safety requirements

25Inspectors

  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—

  5. a reference to this section; and
    1. the full name of the appointed person; and
      1. 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.