Civil Aviation Act 2023

Monitoring, investigation, and enforcement - Inspectors and response officers

335: Inspectors subject to Director's directions

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"Inspectors must follow the Director's instructions when doing their job."

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When you are an inspector, you must follow the Director's instructions when doing your job. The Director can give you general instructions or instructions about a specific matter. You have to follow these instructions.

If the Director gives you an instruction, it can be about anything related to your job. The instruction can be general or about a specific thing you are doing. The Director has the power to tell you what to do.

If you do not follow the Director's instruction, it does not mean what you did was wrong. You can still use your powers even if you did not follow the instruction. The Director's instruction is important, but not following it does not cancel out what you did.

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Part 9Monitoring, investigation, and enforcement
Inspectors and response officers

335Inspectors subject to Director's directions

  1. An inspector (whether or not an employee) is subject to directions from the Director in the performance or exercise of the inspector's functions and 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 power.

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