492Appointment of inspectors

492 Appointment of inspectors The designated authority may appoint a person as an inspector under this Law if: (a) the designated authority considers the person has the necessary expertise or experience to be an inspector; or (b) the person has satisfactorily finished training approved by the designated authority. 493 Registrar and investigators have functions of inspectors The Registrar, and an investigator exercising functions under Part 6.5, have and may exercise all the functions of an inspector and for the purpose are taken to be inspectors. 494 Inspector's identity card (1) The designated authority must give each inspector an identity card. (2) The identity card must: (a) contain a recent photo of the person; and (b) be signed by the person; and (c) identify the person as an inspector. (3) A person who stops being an inspector must return the person's identity card to the designated authority as soon as possible (but within 21 days) after the person stops being an inspector, unless the person has a reasonable excuse. (4) This section does not prevent the giving of a single identity card to a person for this Law and other legislation or for other purposes.