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STATE LANDS PROTECTION
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(2) The Authority may, for any reason that appears to the Authority to be sufficient, at any time revoke an individual’s appointment as an enforcement officer.

(3) The Authority must issue to each enforcement officer an identification card, which must be carried at all times by the enforcement officer when exercising powers under this Act.

(4) An enforcement officer is not an employee of the Authority.

(5) An individual who is appointed as an enforcement officer under subsection (1) does not, by virtue only of the appointment, become an agent of the Authority.

(6) An individual whose appointment as an enforcement officer ceases must return any identification card issued to the individual under subsection (3) to the Authority.

Authorisation for enforcement officers

31.—(1) The Authority must issue to each enforcement officer a written authorisation specifying such of the powers expressly specified in section 22, 23 or 24 as exercisable by an enforcement officer, as what that enforcement officer may exercise, and no other powers.

(2) The authorisation under subsection (1) issued to an enforcement officer may also do all or any of the following:

(a) limit when, and where in Singapore, the enforcement officer may exercise powers in section 22, 23 or 24 expressed as exercisable by an enforcement officer or any of them;
(b) limit the circumstances in which the enforcement officer may exercise those powers or any of them.

(3) To avoid doubt, the Authority cannot authorise under this section an enforcement officer to arrest any individual.

(4) The powers that an enforcement officer may be authorised under this section to exercise may be exercised only—

(a) to the extent authorised by the Authority under subsection (1);