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Electricity Act 1992

Disciplinary provisions - Investigations

145: Secretary must appoint investigator

You could also call this:

“The Secretary chooses someone to check out complaints”

When someone makes a complaint, the Secretary must quickly choose someone to look into it. This person is called an investigator. The investigator can’t be part of the Board or the person who made the complaint. The Secretary must follow any rules when choosing the investigator.

The investigator won’t get in trouble for doing their job as long as they’re trying their best to do the right thing. The Secretary will pay the investigator for their work. They’ll agree on how much money the investigator should get.

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Part 11 Disciplinary provisions
Investigations

145Secretary must appoint investigator

  1. The Secretary must, as soon as practicable after being informed by the Registrar of a complaint, appoint an investigator to investigate the complaint.

  2. The person appointed as the investigator must not be—

  3. a member of the Board; or
    1. the person who made the complaint.

      1. The appointment must be made in accordance with regulations (if any).

      2. No investigator is personally liable for any act done or omitted to be done by the investigator in good faith in the performance or intended performance of the functions, duties, or powers of the investigator under this Act.

      3. The Secretary must pay to the investigator, by way of remuneration and expenses for his or her services, the sum that is agreed upon between the investigator and the Secretary.

      Notes
      • Section 145: substituted, on , by section 13 of the Electricity Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 70).