Fire Safety Act 1993 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 1 · Preliminary
21. Appointment of supplementary enforcement officers
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The Commissioner may appoint an individual (including an employee of a public authority) as a supplementary enforcement officer to do all or any of the following, if the individual is suitably trained to do so:
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Civil Defence appointed under section 6 of the Civil Defence Act 1986;
to exercise the power in section 14(1)(a), (d), (f) or (g);
to do anything authorised in section 17(1)(a), (b), (c) or (f) or (2)(a) when exercising any power or doing anything mentioned in paragraph (a); (c)to exercise the power or do anything authorised in section 28(1), 101(1) or 108(1) or (2) in relation to an offence under this Act that is prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.
An appointment under subsection (1) is subject to the provisions of this Act and any conditions or limitations specified by the Commissioner.
Section 14, 17, 28(1), 101(1) or 108 applies to an individual appointed under subsection (1) as if the individual were —
in the case of section 14 or 17 — a member of the Force authorised by the Commissioner; (b)in the case of section 28 or 101(1) — the Commissioner; and
in the case of section 108 — an authorised officer.
An individual appointed under subsection (1) who, in the course of duty as an individual so appointed, exercises any power mentioned in subsection (1), is deemed to be a public servant for the purposes of the Penal Code 1871 when exercising such power.[8F