Work Health and Safety Act 2020

In this section —

Subsection (3) applies to a person who, immediately before commencement day, is an inspector appointed under section 62 of PPA.

The person is taken to have been appointed as an inspector under section 156 at the beginning of commencement day.

Subsection (3) does not affect the continuation of the person’s appointment as an inspector under PPA on and after commencement day.

A person who is an inspector under this Act (including by virtue of this Division) —

is taken to be an inspector under PPA for the purposes of each listed OSH law as the listed OSH law continues to apply under this Part or otherwise; and

may accordingly exercise or perform any powers or functions of an inspector under PPA for the purposes of any listed OSH law as the listed OSH law continues to apply under this Part or otherwise.

An inspector under this Act may exercise a compliance power for the purposes of any matter or thing to which, or in relation to which, any listed OSH law continues to apply under this Part or otherwise as if this Act applied to, or in relation to, the matter or thing.

For the purposes of subsection (6), but without limiting that subsection, in this Act, where relevant, references to offences against, or contraventions of, this Act include references to offences against, or contraventions of, the listed OSH law.

Action taken, or documents or information obtained, by an inspector under this Act may be relied upon, or otherwise used, for the purposes of any listed OSH law as it continues to apply under this Part or otherwise.