Diamonds Act, 1986
R 385
Property Practitioners Act, 2019 (Act No. 22 of 2019)Chapter 5 : Compliance and Enforcement24. Appointment of inspectors |
| (1) | The CEO— |
| (a) | must appoint any suitably qualified person as an inspector; and |
| (b) | must issue each inspector with a certificate in the prescribed form stating that the person has been appointed as an inspector in terms of this Act and with the inspector’s identification card. |
| (2) | When the inspector performs his or her functions in terms of this section, the inspector must— |
| (a) | be in possession of a certificate of appointment or an inspector’s identification card issued to that inspector in terms of subsection (1)(b); |
| (b) | immediately show that certificate or inspector’s identification card to any person who— |
| (i) | is affected by the inspector’s actions in terms of this Act; or |
| (ii) | requests to see the certificate or inspector’s identification card; and |
| (c) | have the powers of a peace officer as defined in section 1 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977), and may exercise the powers conferred on a peace officer by law. |
