(1) The Governor shall appoint a person to be WorkSafe Western Australia Commissioner.

(2) The Commissioner shall be appointed for such term not exceeding 5 years as is specified in the instrument of appointment and on the expiration of the term is eligible for re-appointment.

(3) Subject to the Salaries and Allowances Act 1975, the Commissioner is entitled to such conditions of service as are determined by the Minister from time to time on the recommendation of the Minister for Public Sector Management ³.

(4) If a person appointed to be Commissioner was immediately before that appointment an officer of the Public Service of the State the person shall despite that appointment retain all existing and accruing rights on appointment as Commissioner.

(5) If a person appointed to be Commissioner was immediately before that appointment a public service officer within the meaning of the Public Sector Management Act 1994, the person is entitled upon resigning his or her office as Commissioner or upon ceasing to be Commissioner to be appointed to an office in the Public Service of the State not lower in status than the office the person so occupied immediately before appointment as Commissioner.

(6) The Commissioner shall not engage in paid employment outside his or her duties and functions under this Act without first obtaining the approval in writing of the Minister.

[(7) repealed]

(8) In addition to the name mentioned in subsection (1), the Commissioner may use, and operate under, the name }WorkSafe W A Commissioner~.

[Section 9 amended by No. 43 of 1987 s. 10; No. 55 of 1987 s. 4; No. 32 of 1994 s. 19; No. 30 of 1995 s. 11 and 47; No. 51 of 2004 s. 76 and 102(2).]