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Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999
sec.129BQualifications for appointment as authorised officer
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### sec.129B Qualifications for appointment as authorised officer
The CEO may only appoint a person as an authorised officer after deciding the functions the person may perform under this Act having regard to the person’s competencies and experience.
If the CEO decides that the functions the person may perform as an authorised officer are limited because of the person’s competencies and experience, the CEO, when appointing the person as an authorised officer, must correspondingly limit the extent to which the person may perform functions or exercise powers as provided under section 129C .
s 129B ins 2007 No. 46 s 15
amd 2020 No. 10 s 139 sch 2
(sec.129B-ssec.1) The CEO may only appoint a person as an authorised officer after deciding the functions the person may perform under this Act having regard to the person’s competencies and experience.
(sec.129B-ssec.2) If the CEO decides that the functions the person may perform as an authorised officer are limited because of the person’s competencies and experience, the CEO, when appointing the person as an authorised officer, must correspondingly limit the extent to which the person may perform functions or exercise powers as provided under section 129C .