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Animal Products Act 1999

Officers, powers, etc - Powers of animal product officers

91C: Opinion or belief of animal product officer

You could also call this:

"When an animal product officer can act on someone else's opinion"

If you are an animal product officer, you might need to have a certain opinion or belief before you can do something. But it's okay if you don't have that opinion or belief yourself. You can still do the thing if a more senior animal product officer or the Director-General has that opinion or belief and tells you to do it. They can direct you to exercise the power, and that's enough.

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Part 7Officers, powers, etc
Powers of animal product officers

91COpinion or belief of animal product officer

  1. If this Act requires an animal product officer to hold a particular opinion or belief about something before exercising a power, it is sufficient if a more senior animal product officer or the Director-General holds that opinion or belief and directs the animal product officer to exercise the power.

Notes
  • Section 91C: inserted, on , by section 133 of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).