Section 163 — Health and Safety at Work Act 2015: Appointment of inspectors

163 Appointment of inspectors (1) The regulator may, by notice in writing, appoint any of the following as an inspector: (a) an employee of a department (within the meaning of the State Sector Act 1988 ): (b) an employee of the State services (within the meaning of the State Sector Act 1988 ): (c) a statutory officer: (d) a prescribed person: (e) an employee of the regulator: (f) any other person who the regulator is satisfied— (i) is suitably qualified and trained: (ii) belongs to a class of persons who are suitably qualified and trained to exercise any or all of the powers of, and carry out any or all of the duties of, an inspector under relevant health and safety legislation. (2) An inspector’s compliance powers are subject to any conditions or limitations specified in the notice of the inspector’s appointment. (3) However, the exercise of a compliance power by an inspector is not invalid merely because it did not comply with the conditions specified in the notice of the inspector’s appointment. Compare: Model Work Health and Safety Act (Aust) ss 156, 161