18Appointment by regulator

18 Appointment by regulator

18 Appointment by regulator

(1) In this Act, government official means a person appointed under this section.

(2) The regulator may appoint a person as—

(a) an inspector, or

(b) a mine safety officer, or

(c) an investigator.

(3) A person is not eligible for appointment under subsection (2) unless the person is—

(a) an officer or employee of a public authority, or

(b) the holder of a statutory office, or

(c) a person who is appointed as an inspector under a corresponding WHS law, or

(d) a person who is a member of a prescribed class of persons.

(4) The regulator may also appoint a person as a government official if the person is a consultant engaged by a public authority.

(5) The regulator may appoint one or more inspectors as chief inspectors.

(6) An instrument appointing a person under this section may limit the functions that the person has as a government official under this Act or as an inspector under the WHS Act.

(7) A person’s appointment under this section ends when the person ceases to be eligible for appointment.

(8) A person who is a government official is deemed to be an inspector for the purposes of the WHS Act.

Note—

Section 47 of the Interpretation Act 1987 provides incidental powers with respect to appointments including providing a power to suspend or revoke any such appointment.

s 18: Am 2015 No 43, Sch 1 [35] [36].