(1) An inspector may institute on behalf of a worker civil proceedings for the enforcement of any right of action of the worker against his employer in respect of the failure of the employer to comply with a condition of employment of an employment regulation order and in any such proceedings an order may be made for the payment of costs by the inspector but not by the worker.

(2) The power given by subsection (1) shall not be in derogation of any right of the worker to institute civil proceedings on his own behalf.