17.—(1) The Authority may, in relation to any provision of this Act, appoint as authorised officers for the purposes of that provision from among any of the following who are suitably trained to be authorised officers:
(a)
any individual performing duties in the Authority;
(b)
any auxiliary police officer appointed under the Police Force Act 2004.
(2) The Authority may, for any reason that appears to it to be sufficient, at any time revoke an individual’s appointment as an authorised officer.
(3) The Authority may delegate the exercise of all or any of the powers conferred or duties imposed upon it by any provision of this Act (except the power of delegation conferred by this subsection) to an authorised officer, subject to such conditions or limitations as set out in this Act or as the Authority may specify; and any reference in that provision of this Act to the Authority includes a reference to such an authorised officer.
(4) Any delegation under subsection (3) may be general or in a particular case and may be subject to such conditions or limitations as set out in this Act or as the Authority may specify.
(5) A reference in this section to an individual performing duties in the Authority is a reference to —
(a)
an employee of the Authority; or
(b)
a public officer performing duties in the Authority under a secondment arrangement making available temporarily to the Authority the services of public officers.