Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00489:section:42
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00489
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 42
Character Range: 148214–149256

42  Appointment of inspectors
 (1) The Minister may, by writing:
 (a) appoint an eligible person to be an inspector; or
 (b) appoint a class of eligible persons to be inspectors.
 (2) A person who is an inspector stops being an inspector if the person stops being an eligible person.
 (3) For the purposes of this section, the following persons are eligible persons:
 (a) officers and employees of the Commonwealth and of authorities of the Commonwealth;
 (b) officers and employees of a State or Territory whom a Minister of the Crown of the State, or Minister of the Territory, has agreed may be appointed as inspectors;
 (c) members and special members of the Australian Federal Police;
 (d) members of the police force of a State or Territory whom a Minister of the Crown of the State, or Minister of the Territory, has agreed may be appointed as inspectors.
Note: Paragraph (a) includes, for example, staff of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.

Division 2—Powers of inspectors

Subdivision A—Monitoring and investigation powers