Commentary on provisions of the Act Safety Section 21: Assistance etc with performance of regulator’s safety functions
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.