41Authorised officer may enter premises

41 Authorised officer may enter premises

(1) If a person holds an approval under section 27, then, for the purpose of finding out whether the person has complied with Part 3 or 6 or a condition of the approval, an authorised officer may: (a) enter the following premises at any reasonable time of day: (i) any premises the person specified in the application for approval as premises at which Article 3(1) US Defence Articles or Article 3(3) US Defence Articles may be kept; (ii) any premises the person subsequently informs the Minister in writing are premises at which Article 3(1) US Defence Articles or Article 3(3) US Defence Articles are being, or may be, kept; (iii) any premises in Australia used, wholly or partly, by the person for the purposes of business operations of the person, except premises used as a place of residence; and (b) exercise the monitoring powers set out in section 42. (2) However, an authorised officer must not enter premises under subsection (1) unless the officer has given the holder of the approval at least 24 hours’ notice of the officer’s intention to do so.