The Economic Regulation of Transport Act, 2024 (Act No. 6 of 2024)Chapter 5 : Enforcement of ActPart A : Powers in Support of Investigation55. Appointment of inspectors and investigators |
| (1) | The Chief Executive Officer— |
| (a) | may appoint any suitable employee of the Regulator or any other suitable person employed by the State, as an inspector; and |
| (b) | must issue each inspector with a certificate in the prescribed form stating that the person has been appointed as an inspector in terms of this Act. |
| (2) | When an inspector performs any function of an inspector in terms of this Act, the inspector— |
| (a) | must be in possession of a certificate of appointment issued to that inspector in terms of subsection (1); |
| (b) | must show that certificate to any person who— |
| (i) | is affected by the inspector’s actions in terms of this Act; and |
| (ii) | requests to see the certificate; and |
| (c) | has the powers of a peace officer as defined in section 1 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977), and may exercise the powers conferred on a peace officer by law. |
| (3) | The Chief Executive Officer may appoint or contract any suitably qualified person, as an investigator, to conduct research, audits, inquiries or other investigations on behalf of the Regulator, but a person appointed in terms of this subsection is not an inspector within the meaning of this Act. |