Sale of Motor Vehicles Act 1977
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5B Inspectors (1) The director-general may appoint a public servant as an inspector for this Act. Note 1 For the making of appointments (including acting appointments), see Legislation Act, pt 19.3. Note 2 In particular, a person may be appointed for a particular provision of a law (see Legislation Act, s 7 (3)) and an appointment may be made by naming a person or nominating the occupant of a position (see s 207).
Preliminary Part 1 (2) The following are also inspectors: (a) the commissioner; (b) an investigator under the Fair Trading (Australian Consumer Law) Act 1992; (c) a police officer of or above the rank of sergeant; (d) a police officer below the rank of sergeant nominated in writing by the chief police officer for this Act.