78Powers to inspect and seize things

78 Powers to inspect and seize things

78 Powers to inspect and seize things

(1) An inspector may, on premises lawfully entered, do anything the inspector considers necessary for the purposes of this part, including the following—

(a) carrying out surveillance activities,

(b) examining and inspecting the premises or an article or thing on the premises,

(c) making examinations and inquiries the inspector considers necessary,

(d) requiring records and other documents required to be kept for this Act or the regulations to be produced for inspection,

(e) examining and inspecting records or other documents,

(f) copying records or other documents,

(g) seizing a thing if the inspector has reasonable grounds for believing the thing is connected with an offence under this Act or the regulations,

(h) doing anything else the inspector is empowered to do under this part.

(2) The power to seize a thing connected with an offence includes a power to seize—

(a) a thing for or with which the offence has been committed, and

(b) a thing providing evidence of the commission of the offence, and

(c) a thing used for the purposes of committing the offence.

(3) A person may be required to produce a document under this part only if the document is—

(a) in the person’s possession, or

(b) within the person’s power to obtain lawfully.

(4) In this section, a reference to an offence includes a reference to an offence that there are reasonable grounds for believing has been committed.