New Zealand Legislation: Acts

22 Authority to act as enforcement officer

• (1) The chief executive must issue a warrant of appointment to every person appointed as an enforcement officer.

  (2) A warrant of appointment must—

  • (a) be in the prescribed form; and

  • (b) bear the photograph and signature of the holder; and

  • (c) contain any other particulars that may be prescribed.

  (3) A warrant of appointment is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, sufficient proof that the holder of the warrant may exercise the powers conferred on enforcement officers under—

  • (a) section 23 (formal warnings):

  • (b) sections 24 to 31 (civil infringement notices):

  • (c) sections 51 to 56 (search and seizure).

  (4) A person who ceases to be an enforcement officer must return the person's warrant of appointment.

  (5) A person who fails to comply with subsection (4) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.

  Compare: 2003 No 51 s 331