12Appointment of inspectors

12 Appointment of inspectors

(1) The Authority may, by instrument in writing, appoint an officer or employee of the Authority to be an inspector for the purposes of this Act.

S. 12(2) amended by No. 67/2013 s. 649(Sch. 9 item 16(2)).

(2) The Authority must give each person who is appointed as an inspector a certificate of appointment signed by the chief executive of the Authority appointed under section 498 of the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013.

(3) A certificate of appointment given to a person in accordance with subsection (2) is conclusive proof of the valid appointment of the person as an inspector under this section.

(4) This section does not apply to a person referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of inspector in section 3(1).

S. 12A inserted by No. 31/2005 s. 27.