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Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999
sec.126BQualifications for appointment as authorised officer
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### sec.126B 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 126C .
s 126B ins 2007 No. 46 s 107
amd 2020 No. 10 s 139 sch 2
(sec.126B-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.126B-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 126C .