sec.281Validation of particular appointments

### sec.281 Validation of particular appointments This section applies if, before the commencement, an officer or employee of the public service was purportedly appointed to any of the following offices (each a relevant office )— an inspector or inspection officer under section 122(1); for an inspector—the chief inspector of mines under section 122(2); an authorised officer under section 126A. The person is declared to always have been validly appointed to the relevant office. Anything done or omitted to be done by the person that would have been valid and lawful under this Act had the person been validly appointed to the relevant office is taken to be, and always to have been, valid and lawful. Without limiting subsection (3), it is declared that evidence obtained by the person in the purported exercise of a power under this Act is taken to be, and always to have been, lawfully obtained. s 281 ins 2017 No. 10 s 41F (sec.281-ssec.1) This section applies if, before the commencement, an officer or employee of the public service was purportedly appointed to any of the following offices (each a relevant office )— an inspector or inspection officer under section 122(1); for an inspector—the chief inspector of mines under section 122(2); an authorised officer under section 126A. (sec.281-ssec.2) The person is declared to always have been validly appointed to the relevant office. (sec.281-ssec.3) Anything done or omitted to be done by the person that would have been valid and lawful under this Act had the person been validly appointed to the relevant office is taken to be, and always to have been, valid and lawful. (sec.281-ssec.4) Without limiting subsection (3), it is declared that evidence obtained by the person in the purported exercise of a power under this Act is taken to be, and always to have been, lawfully obtained. - (a) an inspector or inspection officer under section 122(1); - (b) for an inspector—the chief inspector of mines under section 122(2); - (c) an authorised officer under section 126A.