(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.