42Appointment of inspectors

#### 42 Appointment of inspectors (1) The Minister may, by writing: (a) appoint an eligible person to be an inspector; or (b) appoint a class of eligible persons to be inspectors. (2) A person who is an inspector stops being an inspector if the person stops being an eligible person. (3) For the purposes of this section, the following persons are eligible persons: (a) officers and employees of the Commonwealth and of authorities of the Commonwealth; (b) officers and employees of a State or Territory whom a Minister of the Crown of the State, or Minister of the Territory, has agreed may be appointed as inspectors; (c) members and special members of the Australian Federal Police; (d) members of the police force of a State or Territory whom a Minister of the Crown of the State, or Minister of the Territory, has agreed may be appointed as inspectors. > Note: Paragraph (a) includes, for example, staff of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.