The lack of specificity in the Covid-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Bill raises critical questions on which the Bill is mute — but which need to be answered.
To recap: The Bill allows the Secretary who administers the Public Health and Well Being Act 2008 to appoint any public servant as an “authorised officer”.
It also provides for the Secretary to appoint as an authorised officer “a person the Secretary considers appropriate for appointment based on the person’s skills, attributes, experience or otherwise”.
It further states:
This will expand the persons who may be appointed as authorised officers.
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