23Appointment of inspectors

### 23 Appointment of inspectors > > (1)  The Minister may, by notice in the *Gazette*, appoint such inspectors as he may consider necessary for the administration of this Act. > > > (2)  *\[Section 23 Subsection (2) amended by No. 29 of 1984, s. 3 and Sched. 1 \]*The Minister shall not appoint a person as an inspector unless the person is – > > > > > > (a) [*\[Section 23 Subsection (2) amended by No. 86 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 May 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-05-01/act-2000-086#JS1@Ja118@GC2@EN) a State Service officer or State Service employee, in respect of whom the Head of the State Service Agency in which the officer or employee is employed has given his approval for the appointment; or > > > > > > > (b) [*\[Section 23 Subsection (2) amended by No. 76 of 2003, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jan 2004\]*](/view/html/inforce/2004-01-01/act-2003-076#JS1@Ja55@GC1@EN) a police officer; or > > > > > > > (c) an officer of the Public Service of the Commonwealth or of an authority of the Commonwealth. > > > (3)  The Governor may enter into an arrangement with the Governor-General of the Commonwealth for the exercise and performance, by officers of the Commonwealth or of an authority of the Commonwealth, of the powers, duties, and functions of inspectors under this Act. > > > (4)  An arrangement under this section may make provision for all or any matters necessary or convenient to be provided for or incidental to the carrying out of the arrangement and shall contain provisions for the variation of the arrangement and a provision to the effect that it may be terminated by the Governor at any time. > > > (5)  While an arrangement under this section is in force, the powers, duties, and functions of an inspector under this Act may be exercised and performed by any officer of the Commonwealth or of an authority of the Commonwealth provided for by or under the arrangement, and a reference in this Act to an inspector shall be read as including a reference to such an officer.