197Powers of entry for assessing and monitoring approved education and care service

#### 197 Powers of entry for assessing and monitoring approved education and care service 197 Powers of entry for assessing and monitoring approved education and care service > > (1) An authorised officer may exercise a power under this section for any of the following purposes— > > > > > (a) monitoring compliance with this Law; > > > > > (b) a rating assessment of an approved education and care service under Part 5; > > > > > (c) obtaining information requested under section 35 or 83. > > > (2) An authorised officer may, at any reasonable time and with such assistants as may reasonably be required, enter any education and care service premises and do any of the following— > > > > > (a) inspect the premises and any plant, equipment, vehicle or other thing; > > > > > (b) photograph or film, or make audio recordings or make sketches of, any part of the premises or anything at the premises; > > > > > (c) inspect and make copies of, or take extracts from, any document kept at the premises; > > > > > (d) take any document or any other thing at the premises; > > > > > (e) ask a person at the premises— > > > > > > > (i) to answer a question to the best of that person’s knowledge, information and belief; > > > > > > > (ii) to take reasonable steps to provide information or produce a document. > > > (3) A power under subsection (1)(a) to (d) is limited to a document or thing that is used or likely to being used in the provision of the education and care service. > > > (4) If the authorised officer takes any document or thing under subsection (2), he or she must— > > > > > (a) give notice of the taking of the document or thing to the person apparently in charge of it or to an occupier of the premises; and > > > > > (b) return the document or thing to that person or the premises within 7 days after taking it. > > > (5) An authorised officer may not, under this section, enter a residence unless— > > > > > (a) an approved education and care service is operating at the residence at the time of entry; or > > > > > (b) the occupier of the residence has consented in writing to the entry and the inspection.