sec.26Further powers of inspector

sec.26 Further powers of inspector

Without derogating from an inspector’s powers under any other provision of this Act, an inspector for the purposes of this Act may at any time and from time to time— enter any premises from which any appeal for support for any purpose referred to in section 25 (2) is being made or to be made or where any record relating to that appeal is or is reasonably suspected to be; make such examination and inquiry as the inspector considers necessary to ascertain whether the provisions of this Act and any determination, direction, or requirement thereunder are being complied with; require any person who has the custody or control of any record relating to any appeal for support as aforesaid to produce for the inspector’s inspection, examination, or audit that record; require the manager or other principal officer of any financial institution with which any moneys received in or resulting from any such appeal for support are deposited, whether such moneys are deposited in a separate account or in an account with other moneys, to disclose each and every such account to the inspector and to permit the inspector to inspect and make and take away with the inspector a copy of or an extract from each and every such account; require any person concerned in making any appeal for support as aforesaid or any person referred to in section 25 (3) to attend before the inspector at a time and place named and then and there to be examined in relation to all or any matters whatsoever relating to the appeal for support; examine any person attending pursuant to paragraph (e) and any person voluntarily attending before the inspector; call to the inspector’s aid any person the inspector may think competent to assist the inspector in the exercise of any power aforesaid; require any person in possession of money or property raised by or resulting from an appeal for support or used in the conduct of an appeal for support to produce that money or that property; require any person in possession of any document, money, property, item of value or other thing which, in any case, the inspector has reason to believe, may be required as evidence in proceedings for an offence to produce that document, money, item of value or other thing; seize and remove any document, money, property, item of value or other thing— which in any case, the inspector has reason to believe, may be required as evidence in proceedings for an offence; raised by or resulting from or used in the conduct of an appeal for support; exercise such other powers as may be prescribed. No person shall be obliged to travel to attend before an inspector more than 16km from the person’s place of abode without previously having been tendered such sum as is prescribed for the person’s travelling expenses and attendance. Without limiting the power to make regulations under section 47 , the regulations may prescribe rates of allowances for travelling expenses and attendance of any persons who are required to attend before an inspector. The power of entry conferred by subsection (1) does not include power to enter a building used solely as a private residence or to enter any part of a building that is so used save under the authority of a warrant. s 26 amd 1972 No. 31 s 6 sch 1 ; 1981 No. 34 s 5 ; 1989 No. 6 s 6 ; 1992 No. 12 s 66 sch ; 1993 No. 32 s 3 sch 1 ; 2000 No. 5 s 461 sch 3 (sec.26-ssec.1) Without derogating from an inspector’s powers under any other provision of this Act, an inspector for the purposes of this Act may at any time and from time to time— enter any premises from which any appeal for support for any purpose referred to in section 25 (2) is being made or to be made or where any record relating to that appeal is or is reasonably suspected to be; make such examination and inquiry as the inspector considers necessary to ascertain whether the provisions of this Act and any determination, direction, or requirement thereunder are being complied with; require any person who has the custody or control of any record relating to any appeal for support as aforesaid to produce for the inspector’s inspection, examination, or audit that record; require the manager or other principal officer of any financial institution with which any moneys received in or resulting from any such appeal for support are deposited, whether such moneys are deposited in a separate account or in an account with other moneys, to disclose each and every such account to the inspector and to permit the inspector to inspect and make and take away with the inspector a copy of or an extract from each and every such account; require any person concerned in making any appeal for support as aforesaid or any person referred to in section 25 (3) to attend before the inspector at a time and place named and then and there to be examined in relation to all or any matters whatsoever relating to the appeal for support; examine any person attending pursuant to paragraph (e) and any person voluntarily attending before the inspector; call to the inspector’s aid any person the inspector may think competent to assist the inspector in the exercise of any power aforesaid; require any person in possession of money or property raised by or resulting from an appeal for support or used in the conduct of an appeal for support to produce that money or that property; require any person in possession of any document, money, property, item of value or other thing which, in any case, the inspector has reason to believe, may be required as evidence in proceedings for an offence to produce that document, money, item of value or other thing; seize and remove any document, money, property, item of value or other thing— which in any case, the inspector has reason to believe, may be required as evidence in proceedings for an offence; raised by or resulting from or used in the conduct of an appeal for support; exercise such other powers as may be prescribed. (sec.26-ssec.2) No person shall be obliged to travel to attend before an inspector more than 16km from the person’s place of abode without previously having been tendered such sum as is prescribed for the person’s travelling expenses and attendance. (sec.26-ssec.3) Without limiting the power to make regulations under section 47 , the regulations may prescribe rates of allowances for travelling expenses and attendance of any persons who are required to attend before an inspector. (sec.26-ssec.4) The power of entry conferred by subsection (1) does not include power to enter a building used solely as a private residence or to enter any part of a building that is so used save under the authority of a warrant.