New South Wales Consolidated Acts

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2000 - SECT 48

48 Identification of inspectors

(1) Every inspector appointed under section 47, or taken to have been appointed under section 47A or 47B is to be issued with an identification card as an inspector that complies with this section.

(2) The identification card must:

(a) state that it is issued under this Act, and

(b) give the name of the person to whom it is issued, and

(c) state the date (if any) on which it expires, and

(d) describe the kinds of premises to which the powers of the inspector extend, and

(e) state any limitations on the functions that the inspector is authorised to exercise under this Act that are imposed by the inspector’s instrument of appointment, and

(f) bear the signature of:

(i) in the case of an inspector appointed under section 47, the Chief Executive Officer of WorkCover or an officer approved by the Chief Executive Officer of WorkCover for the purposes of this paragraph, or

(ii) in the case of an inspector taken to have been appointed under section 47A or 47B, the Minister or a person authorised by the Minister.

(3) Nothing in this section prevents a single identification card being issued to a person in respect of functions to be exercised as an inspector under section 47A or 47B and functions to be exercised under the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act 2002 or the Mine Health and Safety Act 2004 , or both.