8Director, Registrar and inspectors

### 8 Director, Registrar and inspectors > [*\[Section 8 Subsection (1) amended by No. 86 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 May 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-05-01/act-2000-086#JS1@Ja102@GC1@EN) [*\[Section 8 Substituted by No. 44 of 2017, s. 6, Applied:21 Nov 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-11-21/act-2017-044#GS6@EN) > > > (1)  The Minister may appoint a State Service officer or State Service employee to be the Director of Mines. > > > (2)  The Director may appoint – > > > > > > (a) a person to be the Registrar of Mines; and > > > > > > > (b) persons to be inspectors. > > > (3)  A person who holds the position of Director, Registrar or an inspector, may hold that position in conjunction with State Service employment. > > > (4)  The Director may authorise a person employed in the Department to perform the functions and exercise the powers of the Registrar. > > > (5)  A person who, immediately before the commencement of the *Mineral Resources Development Amendment Act 2017*, held the position of Director, Registrar or an inspector continues to hold that position on the same terms and conditions.