8Inspectors

#### 8 Inspectors 8 Inspectors > > (1) The Minister may appoint inspectors for the purposes of this Act. > > > (2) The Minister shall not appoint a person, other than a person employed under the [Government Sector Employment Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-040), as an inspector under subsection (1) unless the person is appointed— > > > > > (a) with the approval of the Secretary of the Premier’s Department and on such terms and conditions as may be approved by the Secretary of the Premier’s Department, and > > > > > (b) for a term not exceeding 3 years. > > > (3) A person, other than a person employed under the [Government Sector Employment Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-040), who is appointed as an inspector under subsection (1) is not, in his or her capacity as an inspector, a Public Service employee within the meaning of that Act but, if the terms and conditions on which the person is appointed so provide, any specified provisions of that Act or the regulations or rules under that Act, whether with or without specified modifications, apply to and in respect of the person as if the person were a Public Service employee within the meaning of that Act. > > > (3A) An investigator appointed under the [Fair Trading Act 1987](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1987-068) is taken to be an inspector for the purposes of this Act. > > > (4) An inspector shall be provided by the Secretary with a certificate of his or her authority as an inspector. > > > (5) An inspector, on exercising in any place a power conferred on the inspector by or under this Act, shall, if so requested by a person apparently in charge of that place or of any work being performed there, produce the certificate of his or her authority as an inspector. > > **s 8:** Am 1992 No 111, Sch 1; 2003 No 61, Sch 1 \[6\]; 2015 No 58, Sch 3.37 \[3\]–\[5\]; 2024 No 35, Sch 3.8\[1\] \[2\].