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#### 14 Appointment of inspectors
14 Appointment of inspectors
> > (1) The Director-General may, by instrument in writing, appoint persons to be inspectors for the purposes of this Act.
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> > (2) An inspector has such functions as are conferred on the inspector by this Act or the regulations.
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> > (3) Each person appointed as an inspector is to be issued with a certificate of authority that states the name of the inspector and the fact of his or her appointment.
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> > (4) A former inspector must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to return his or her certificate of authority to the Director-General on demand.
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> > Maximum penalty—1 penalty unit.
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> > (5) The regulations may prescribe classes of inspectors (however described) appointed under other legislation who are to be taken to be inspectors appointed under this section.
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> > (6) If an inspector of a class so prescribed has a certificate of authority (however described) by virtue of other legislation under which he or she is an inspector—
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> > > (a) the certificate of authority may be used by the inspector for the purposes of this Act as if it had been issued under this section, and
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> > > (b) subsection (4) does not apply to the certificate of authority.