sec.151General powers

sec.151 General powers

The authorised person may do any of the following (each a general power ) for a relevant purpose— search any part of the place; inspect, examine or film any part of the place or anything at the place; take an extract from, or copy, a document at the place, or take the document to another place to copy; produce an image or writing at the place from an electronic document or, to the extent it is not practicable, take a thing containing an electronic document to another place to produce an image or writing; take to, into or onto the place any person, equipment and materials the authorised person reasonably requires for exercising a power under this part. Also, if the authorised person is performing a function mentioned in section 129 (2) (a) , the authorised person may physically verify— for a school offering classroom education—that certain students enrolled for classroom education at the school are attending the school; or for a school offering distance education—that certain students enrolled for distance education at the school are undertaking the education. The authorised person may take a necessary step to allow the exercise of a general power. If the authorised person takes a document from the place to copy it, the authorised person must copy the document and return it to the place as soon as practicable. If the authorised person takes from the place an article or device reasonably capable of producing a document from an electronic document to produce the document, the authorised person must produce the document and return the article or device to the place as soon as practicable. In this section— examine includes analyse, test, account, measure, weigh, grade, gauge and identify. film includes photograph, videotape and record an image in another way. inspect , a thing, includes open the thing and examine its contents. relevant purpose means— for an investigation for the preparation of a report under this Act—relevant to the matter being investigated; or for another investigation—monitoring compliance with this Act. (sec.151-ssec.1) The authorised person may do any of the following (each a general power ) for a relevant purpose— search any part of the place; inspect, examine or film any part of the place or anything at the place; take an extract from, or copy, a document at the place, or take the document to another place to copy; produce an image or writing at the place from an electronic document or, to the extent it is not practicable, take a thing containing an electronic document to another place to produce an image or writing; take to, into or onto the place any person, equipment and materials the authorised person reasonably requires for exercising a power under this part. (sec.151-ssec.2) Also, if the authorised person is performing a function mentioned in section 129 (2) (a) , the authorised person may physically verify— for a school offering classroom education—that certain students enrolled for classroom education at the school are attending the school; or for a school offering distance education—that certain students enrolled for distance education at the school are undertaking the education. (sec.151-ssec.3) The authorised person may take a necessary step to allow the exercise of a general power. (sec.151-ssec.4) If the authorised person takes a document from the place to copy it, the authorised person must copy the document and return it to the place as soon as practicable. (sec.151-ssec.5) If the authorised person takes from the place an article or device reasonably capable of producing a document from an electronic document to produce the document, the authorised person must produce the document and return the article or device to the place as soon as practicable. (sec.151-ssec.6) In this section— examine includes analyse, test, account, measure, weigh, grade, gauge and identify. film includes photograph, videotape and record an image in another way. inspect , a thing, includes open the thing and examine its contents. relevant purpose means— for an investigation for the preparation of a report under this Act—relevant to the matter being investigated; or for another investigation—monitoring compliance with this Act.