(1)In this Act “authorised officer”, in relation to a borough council, means—
(a)any employee of the council;
(b)any person by whom, in pursuance of arrangements made with the council, any functions under this Act fall to be discharged; or
(c)any employee of any such person,
who is authorised in writing by the council to act in relation to the relevant provision of this Act.
(2)In each of the scheduled Acts “authorised officer”, in relation to a borough council, shall have the same meaning as in subsection (1) above save that—
(a)the reference to the relevant provision of this Act shall include a reference to the relevant provision of the Act as so mentioned; and
(b)where appropriate, the reference to the participating council includes a reference to the borough council under the Act so mentioned.
(3)The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43) shall have effect in the area of a borough council as if—
(a)in subsection (10) of section 88, for the definition of “authorised officer” there were substituted the following definition—
““authorised officer” means—
(a)any employee of the litter authority;
(b)any person by whom, in pursuance of arrangements made with the litter authority, any functions under this Act fall to be discharged; or
(c)any employee of any such person,
who is authorised in writing by the litter authority to act in relation to the relevant provision of this Act.”.
(4)The definition of “authorised officer” in section 2 of each of the scheduled Acts is hereby repealed.
(5)In this section the “scheduled Acts” means the Acts specified in Schedule 5 to this Act.