Clause 3

by deleting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:“(3) The Commissioner may appoint any of the following persons to be an authorised officer for the purpose of assisting the Commissioner in administering and carrying out the provisions of this Act or any other written law:

a public officer;

an employee of the Board;

an auxiliary police officer appointed under the Police Force Act (Cap. 235).”; and

by deleting subsections (5) and (6) and substituting the following subsections:“(5) The Commissioner may appoint any of the following persons to be a park ranger who may exercise the powers conferred on a park ranger under sections 41 and 42 within the national park, nature reserve or public park and in the circumstances specified in the Commissioner’s authorisation for the park ranger under subsection (6):

a public officer;

an employee of the Board;

an employee of a management body designated under section 6A;

a person who holds a security officer’s licence under the Private Security Industry Act (Cap. 250A).(6) The Commissioner must issue to each park ranger an authorisation specifying where, or the circumstances in which, the park ranger may exercise the powers conferred on a park ranger under sections 41 and 42.(7) The powers conferred on a park ranger under sections 41 and 42 must be exercised only to the extent of the authorisation under subsection (6).(8) The Commissioner may, for any reason that appears to the Commissioner to be sufficient, at any time revoke a person’s appointment as an authorised officer or a park ranger.(9) A person who is appointed as an authorised officer under subsection (3) or a park ranger under subsection (5) does not, by virtue only of the appointment, become an employee or agent of the Board.”.