New South Wales Repealed Acts

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MINES INSPECTION ACT 1901 - SECT 32

32 Appointment of inspectors

(1) The Governor may, under and subject to the provisions of the Public Sector Management Act 1988 , appoint a Chief Inspector of Mines, a Deputy Chief Inspector of Mines, Senior Inspectors of Mines, and such other qualified persons as inspectors of mines including electrical inspectors of mines and inspectors of mechanical engineering as the Governor may deem necessary.

(2) The person who immediately before the commencement of the Mines Inspection (Amendment) Act 1958 was the Chief Inspector of Mines and all persons who immediately before such commencement were inspectors of mines shall be deemed to have been appointed under subsection (1).

(4) The powers, authorities, duties and functions conferred or imposed by or under this Act upon inspectors may be exercised by electrical inspectors only in relation to the installation and use of electricity in a mine and by inspectors of mechanical engineering only in relation to the installation and use of machinery and the erection of buildings, workshops, changehouses, structures or works in or about a mine.

(5)

(a) An inspector, not being an electrical inspector or an inspector of mechanical engineering, shall be:

(i) the holder of a certificate of competency as production manager granted under this Act or approved by the board of examiners of production managers, and

(ii) the holder of a degree or diploma in mining engineering from the University of Sydney, the University of New South Wales or other educational body approved by the Director-General or a qualification recognised by the Director-General as equivalent to any such degree or diploma.

(b) An electrical inspector shall be the holder of a degree or diploma in electrical engineering from the University of Sydney, the University of New South Wales or other educational body approved by the Director-General or a qualification recognised by the Director-General as equivalent to any such degree or diploma.

(c) An inspector of mechanical engineering shall be the holder of a degree or diploma in mechanical engineering from the University of Sydney, the University of New South Wales or other educational body approved by the Director-General or a qualification recognised by the Director-General as equivalent to any such degree or diploma.