Section 3

The Minister charged with the responsibility for public entertainments and the Minister charged with the responsibility for the licensing of arts entertainments may each, by notification in the Gazette, appoint a Licensing Officer and such number of Assistant Licensing Officers as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act.

The appropriate Licensing Officer may, in relation to any provision of this Act, appoint a suitably trained individual as an authorised person for the purposes of that provision, subject to such conditions or limitations as set out in this Act or as the Licensing Officer may specify.

An authorised person who, in the course of duty as an authorised person, exercises any power as such, is deemed to be a public servant for the purposes of the Penal Code 1871 when exercising the power.