27Inspectors

27 Inspectors

(1)  The Secretary of the Department may, in writing, appoint a State Service officer or State Service employee employed in the Department to be an inspector for the purposes of this Act and that officer or employee may hold that office in conjunction with State Service employment.

(2)  The Secretary of the Department, with the consent of another Head of a State Service Agency, may, in writing, appoint a State Service officer or State Service employee employed in that Agency to be an inspector for the purposes of this Act and that officer or employee may hold that office in conjunction with State Service employment.

(3)  The Secretary of the Department may authorise a person who is not a State Service officer or State Service employee to perform the functions and exercise the powers of an inspector for the purposes of this Act.

(4)  An appointment or authorisation under this section may authorise the performance or exercise of all the functions or powers of an inspector under this Act or only specified functions or powers and may authorise the performance or exercise of functions or powers generally or in a particular case.

(5)  The Secretary of the Department must ensure that each person appointed or authorised under this section is issued with an identity card that incorporates a recent photograph of the inspector.

(6)  A person appointed or authorised under this section must, as soon as practicable after ceasing to be appointed or authorised under this section, return the person's identity card as an inspector to the Secretary of the Department.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 2 penalty units.

(7)  A police officer is, by virtue of his or her office, taken to be an inspector for the purposes of this Act.