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Work Health and Safety Act 2011
158Accountability of inspectors
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158 Accountability of inspectors
(1) An inspector must give written notice to the regulator of all interests,
pecuniary or otherwise, that the inspector has, or acquires, and that
conflict or could conflict with the proper performance of the
inspector’s functions.
(2) The regulator must give a direction to an inspector not to deal, or to
no longer deal, with a matter if—
(a) the regulator becomes aware that the inspector has a potential
conflict of interest in relation to a matter; and
(b) the regulator considers that the inspector should not deal, or
should no longer deal, with the matter.