(1) The Public Service Commission shall appoint the Chief Occupational Safety and Health Officer and such other occupational safety and health officers as are necessary to enforce and administer the provisions of this Part.
(2) The authorized officers appointed under subsection (1) shall be under the control and direction of the Labour Commissioner and shall be supervised by the Chief Occupational Safety and Health Officer.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), all industrial establishments and all machinery and equipment shall be inspected by the authorized officers on behalf of the Department of Labour.
(4) The Minister may make regulations for the inspection of industrial establishments, machinery and equipment or of some classes of industrial establishments or of certain kinds of machinery, by persons other than the authorized officers as may be designated in the regulations.
(5) A person who is an employer or person having control of any industrial establishment or is directly or indirectly interested in such establishment or in any process or business carried on therein, or in a patent connected therewith, or is employed in or about such establishment, shall not be appointed as an authorized officer or act as such.
(6) The Chief Occupational Safety and Health Officer shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that persons and organizations concerned with the purposes of this Part are provided with information and advice pertaining to its administration and to the protection and safety of workers generally.
(7) An authorized officer shall be furnished with a prescribed certificate of his or her appointment.
(8) When visiting an industrial establishment or place to which any of the provisions of this Division applies, the authorized officer, if required so to do, produce the certificate referred to in subsection (1) to the employer or person having control of the industrial establishment.