29CPowers after entry and consent

29C Powers after entry and consent

(1) This section applies if an authorised officer enters any premises or place under section 29A(2)(a).

(2) The authorised officer may do any of the following—

(e) take photographs, or make any type of recording or sketches, of any document, thing or activity at the premises or place;

(h) use and operate any equipment and materials, including but not limited to any disk, tape or storage device, at the premises or place;

(i) secure any electronic equipment that the authorised officer reasonably believes stores or contains information that may be lost, destroyed or tampered with if the equipment is not secured;

(j) request any person at the premises to give information that the authorised officer reasonably believes is necessary to determine whether or not—

(i) a relevant entity is complying, or has complied, with the Child Safe Standards or this Part; or

(ii) a person or body is an entity that is required to comply with the Child Safe Standards;

(k) seize any document or any other thing at the premises or place that the authorised officer reasonably believes is evidence—

(i) relevant to whether a relevant entity is not complying, or has not complied, with the Child Safe Standards or this Part; or

(ii) that a person or body is an entity that is required to comply with the Child Safe Standards;

(l) request any person at the premises or place to provide the authorised officer with any reasonable assistance;

(m) request any person at the premises or place to comply with any lawful direction, whether written or oral, of the authorised officer.

(3) An authorised officer may exercise a power under subsection (2) only if the authorised officer reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to investigate whether—

(a) a relevant entity is not complying, or has not complied, with the Child Safe Standards or this Part; or

S. 29D inserted by No. 23/2021 s. 24.