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Means an inspector appointed under Part 9.

27.6.2013—Work Health and Safety Act 2012
Securing compliance—Part 9
Appointment of inspectors—Division 1
Published under the Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002 1
Part 9—Securing compliance
Division 1—Appointment of inspectors
156—Appointment of inspectors
(1) The regulator may, by instrument, appoint any of the following as an inspector:
(a) a public sector employee under the Public Sector Act 2009;
(b) the holder of a statutory office;
(c) a person who is appointed as an inspector or authorised officer under a
corresponding WHS law;
(d) a person in a prescribed class of persons.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the following persons will be taken to have been
appointed as inspectors:
(a) in relation to mines to which the Mines and Works Inspection Act 1920
applies—an inspector of mines under that Act;
(b) in relation to operations to which the Offshore Minerals Act 2000 applies—an
inspector under that Act;
(c) in relation to operations to which the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy
Act 2000 applies—an authorised officer under that Act;
(d) in relation to operations to which the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982
applies—an inspector under that Act;
(e) any other person who may exercise statutory powers under another Act
brought within the ambit of this subsection by the regulations.