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Part 7A Administration
84R Inspectors
(1) Each of the following is an inspector for this Act:
(a) the commissioner;
(b) a public servant appointed under subsection (2).
(2) The chief executive may appoint a public servant as an inspector for this Act.
Note 1 For the making of appointments (including acting appointments), see Legislation Act, pt 19.3.
Note 2 In particular, a person may be appointed for a particular provision of a law (see Legislation Act, s 7 (3)) and an appointment may be made by naming a person or nominating the occupant of a position (see s 207).
84S Identity cards
(1) This section applies only to an inspector appointed under section 84R (2).
(2) The chief executive must give each inspector an identity card that states the person's name and appointment as an inspector, and shows—
(a) a recent photograph of the person; and
(b) the date of issue of the card; and
(c) the date of expiry of the card; and
(d) anything else prescribed under the regulations.
(3) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person ceases to be an inspector; and
(b) the person does not return the person's identity card to the chief executive as soon as practicable (but within 7 days) after the day the person ceases to be an inspector.
Maximum penalty: 1 penalty unit.
(4) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
84T Protection of officials from liability
(1) In this section:
"official" means—
(a) the Minister; or
(b) the chief executive; or
(c) the commissioner; or
(d) an inspector; or
(e) anyone else, other than an authorised representative, exercising functions under this Act.
(2) An official does not incur civil liability for an act or omission done honestly and without negligence for this Act.
(3) Any civil liability that would, apart from this section, attach to an official attaches instead to the Territory.