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Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Enforcement and other matters - Inspectors and health and safety medical practitioners - Inspectors

166: Inspectors subject to regulator's directions

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“Inspectors must follow the regulator's instructions when using their powers”

You should know that inspectors have to follow directions from the regulator who appointed them. These directions are about how the inspector uses their compliance powers. The regulator can give general directions or specific ones about certain things. Even if an inspector doesn’t follow these directions, it doesn’t mean their use of compliance powers is invalid. This applies to all inspectors, whether they work for the regulator or not.

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166Inspectors subject to regulator's directions

  1. An inspector (whether or not an employee) is subject to directions from the regulator that appointed him or her in the exercise of the inspector's compliance powers.

  2. A direction under subsection (1) may be of a general nature or may relate to a specified matter or specified class of matter.

  3. A failure to comply with a direction under subsection (1) does not invalidate the exercise of an inspector's compliance power.

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