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Electricity Act 1992

General - Functions and powers of WorkSafe and Secretary

15: Assessors

You could also call this:

“Experts who help decide if you disagree with WorkSafe”

If you disagree with a decision made by WorkSafe, you can object to it. This is called lodging an objection. When you do this, you or WorkSafe can ask for help from two special experts called assessors. You get to choose one assessor, and WorkSafe chooses the other.

The assessors must be very knowledgeable about the specific issue you’re objecting to. They can’t just be any random person.

The government will pay the assessors for their work. This includes their fees, salary, allowances, and travel expenses. The rules for how much they get paid are set out in a law called the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951.

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Part 2 General
Functions and powers of WorkSafe and Secretary

15Assessors

  1. Where any objection has been lodged under section 9, WorkSafe or the objector may ask for the objection to be heard with the assistance of 2 assessors, one to be appointed by WorkSafe and the other by the objector.

  2. No person shall be appointed to act as an assessor unless he or she has special skill or knowledge relevant to the particular matter to be considered by the court.

  3. There shall be paid, out of public money appropriated by Parliament for the purpose, to any assessors appointed under this section remuneration by way of fees, salary, or allowances, and travelling allowances and expenses, in accordance with the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951; and the provisions of that Act shall apply accordingly as if the assessors were members of a statutory board within the meaning of that Act.

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Notes
  • Section 15(1): amended, on , by section 22 of the WorkSafe New Zealand Act 2013 (2013 No 94).
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