Safety, Health and Welfare At Work Act, 1989

Authorisation of inspectors.

33.—(1) The Authority or an enforcing agency may authorise persons to be inspectors for the purposes of the enforcement of the relevant statutory provisions within its area of responsibility in accordance with section 16 or 32 , as the case may be, and may revoke such authorisations.

(2) An inspector shall be furnished with a certificate of authorisation and shall, if so required, when exercising or seeking to exercise any power conferred on him by any of the relevant statutory provisions, produce his certificate of authorisation or a copy of it duly authenticated by the Authority or the enforcing agency and a form of personal identification.