Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Federal Safety Commissioner may, by written instrument, appoint any of the following persons as a Federal Safety Officer:
(a) a person who is an employee of the Commonwealth or who holds an office or appointment under a law of the Commonwealth;
(b) a person who is an employee of a State or Territory or who holds an office or appointment under a law of a State or Territory;
(c) a consultant engaged under section 42.
(2) The Federal Safety Commissioner must not appoint a person referred to in paragraph (1)(c) as a Federal Safety Officer unless the Federal Safety Commissioner is satisfied that the person is an appropriate person to be appointed as a Federal Safety Officer.
(3) The Federal Safety Commissioner is a Federal Safety Officer by force of this subsection.
(4) In exercising powers or performing functions as a Federal Safety Officer, a Federal Safety Officer appointed under subsection (1) must comply with any directions of the Federal Safety Commissioner.
(5) The Federal Safety Commissioner may give directions for the purposes of subsection (4).
(6) A written direction under subsection (5) that is of general application is a legislative instrument.
(7) A written direction under subsection (5) that relates to a particular case is not a legislative instrument.