Industrial Relations Act 1996

The Minister may appoint eligible persons as inspectors for the purposes of this Act.

The following persons are eligible to be appointed as inspectors—

Public Service employees,

officers of any public or local authority (including an authority of the Commonwealth or of another State or Territory),

any person of a class prescribed by the regulations.

A person appointed as an inspector ceases to hold that office if removed from that office by the Minister or if the person ceases to be eligible to be appointed as an inspector.

An inspector has such functions as are conferred or imposed by or under this or any other Act or law on inspectors appointed for the purposes of this Act.

The Minister is to provide each inspector with a certificate of authority as an inspector.

The functions of an inspector may be limited by the certificate of authority.

An inspector is required to produce the certificate of authority—

if requested to do so by the occupier of any premises that the inspector enters, or

if requested to do so by a person whom the inspector requires to produce anything or to answer any question.

The Minister may delegate any function under this section to the head of any Public Service agency responsible to the Minister.