New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2004 - SECT 129

129 Appointment of consultants as investigators

(1) The Minister may appoint a consultant:

(a) as an investigator for the purposes of carrying out investigations under this Act, or

(b) to assist an investigator in carrying out such investigations.

(2) A consultant appointed under this section has, while exercising the functions for which the consultant was appointed, the same functions as an investigator has under this Act and the regulations, and the provisions of this Act and the regulations apply in respect of the consultant in the same way as they apply in respect of an inspector and anything done by an inspector.