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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2002 Week 3 Hansard (7 March) . . Page.. 770 ..


2. How many inspectors/rangers are so employed?

Long Service Leave Board

� There are currently four inspectors under the Long Service Leave (Building and Construction Industry) Act 1981.

� There are currently two inspectors under the Long Service Leave (Contract Cleaning Industry) Act 1999.

� The two schemes share staff. Two of the staff members are inspectors under both the construction scheme and the contract cleaning scheme.

ACT WorkCover

ACT WorkCover currently has 29 inspectors.

3. What powers are they authorised to exercise in the performance of their duties?

Long Service Leave Board

Under section 19 of the Long Service Leave (Building and Construction Industry) Act 1981 inspectors have the following authorisations:

(1) An inspector may, at any reasonable hour of the day, enter the premises of an employer, or of a person who he or she has reasonable grounds for believing to be an employer, and

(a) inspect any records, books or documents; and

(b) require any person at the premises to give the inspector-

(i) any information within the person's knowledge relating to the rights and duties under this Act of an employer or of any person employed by the employer; and

(ii) any records, books or documents, or copies of any records, books or documents, being records, books or documents that are in the person's possession or to which the person has access.

(2) An inspector who enters on premises under subsection (1) is not authorised to remain on the premises, and a person is not required to comply with a requirement made by an inspector under subsection (1) (b), if, on request by the occupier, or the person in charge, of the premises, the inspector does not produce his or her identity card issued under section 18 (4).

(3) An inspector may, by notice in writing served on an employer, require the employer to produce to the board, within 14 days after the day on which the notice was served-

(a) any information referred to in subsection (1) (b) (i); and

(b) any records, books, documents or copies referred to in subsection (1) (b) (ii);

being information, records, books, documents or copies specified in the notice.


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