22Powers and duties of authorised officers

22 Powers and duties of authorised officers

(1)  An authorised officer may do any or all of the following:

(a) at any time, without advance notice to the Head of Faculty, visit and inspect any part of the Faculty where bodies of deceased persons are held, anatomical examinations are undertaken or records relating to anatomical examinations are kept;

(b) during any visit to, or inspection of, the Faculty –

(i) search for, examine, take possession of, make copies of or take extracts from any document that may be held by the Faculty; and

(ii) require any person who apparently is in charge of, or employed at, the Faculty to open any container; and

(iii) require any person who apparently is in charge of, or employed at, the Faculty to answer any question; and

(iv) take notes, photographs, films, audio recordings or video recordings;

(c) at any time, request that a document, copies of a document or extracts of a document that may be held by, or at, the Faculty be delivered to an authorised officer as specified in the request.

(2)  An authorised officer may, at any time –

(a) in accordance with the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1999 , access, without charge, any document given to the Registrar for the purposes of this Act; and

(b) request that the Registrar answer any question that the authorised officer considers relevant to the administration of this Act.

(3)  The authorised officer is to notify the Secretary of any contravention of the Act, or possible contravention of the Act, as soon as practicable after the authorised officer becomes aware of the contravention or possible contravention.