12On‑site inspection powers

12 On‑site inspection powers

(1) An on‑site inspection power is a power to: (a) search premises in an inspection area; or (b) take photographs (including video recordings), or make sketches, of the premises or of equipment or any other matter or thing on the premises; or (c) monitor the exit of all vessels, aircraft or vehicles (other than personnel or personal vehicles) leaving the premises; or (d) fly over the premises; or (e) inspect or examine a matter or thing; or (f) take samples of a matter or thing; or (g) measure a matter or thing; or (h) carry out drilling on the premises; or (i) examine a document; or (j) take extracts from, or make copies of, a document; or (k) verify the proper functioning or calibration of any equipment (including any thing, or part of a thing, that the Organization classifies as on‑site monitoring equipment); or (l) install and operate any thing, or part of a thing, that the Organization classifies as on‑site monitoring equipment; or (m) question personnel working on the premises; or (n) operate equipment, including electronic equipment, located on the premises, if the Organization inspector believes, on reasonable grounds, that the equipment can be operated without damaging it; or (o) take onto the premises any equipment or material that is approved by the Organization and that is reasonably required for the purpose of exercising a power under any of the above paragraphs; or (p) do any other act or thing necessary or convenient to be done in order to carry out an on‑site inspection in accordance with Article IV of the Treaty. (2) A power mentioned in subsection (1) may only be exercised in a way that reasonably appears to be in accordance with safety procedures applicable on the premises where the power is to be exercised.