Subsection (1) permits the regulator to request advice and assistance from a qualifying health and safety authority (as defined in subsection (2)); and to authorise a qualifying health and safety authority to carry out functions on the regulator’s behalf.
	Subsection (5) enables a qualifying health and safety authority to recover its costs from the regulator.
	Subsection (6) enables the making of regulations to restrict the functions that this section applies to.
Commentary on provisions of the Act Safety Section 21: Assistance etc with performance of regulator’s safety functions