(1)  The regulator may, by instrument, appoint as an inspector a person appointed subject to and in accordance with the State Service Act 2000 .

(2)  The regulator may, by certificate, certify any of the following to perform specified functions and have specified powers of an inspector:

(a) an employee of a public authority;

(b) the holder of a statutory office;

(c) a person who is appointed as an inspector under a corresponding WHS law;

(d) a person in a prescribed class of persons.

(3)  A State Service officer or State Service employee appointed as an inspector under subsection (1) may hold the office of inspector in conjunction with State Service employment.