70JEntry without consent or warrant

70J Entry without consent or warrant S. 70J(1) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 58.2). (1) For the purpose of monitoring compliance with this Act or the regulations or carrying out any audit under this Act, an inspector may (with the assistance, if necessary, of another inspector or a police officer) do all or any of the following— (a) enter and search any premises at which an estate agent is carrying on business at any time that the premises are open for business or between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.; (b) seize or secure against interference anything that the Director or inspector believes on reasonable grounds to be connected with a contravention of this Act or the regulations or with an audit under this Act that is found on or in the premises; (c) inspect and make copies of or take extracts from any document kept on the premises. (2) An inspector must not enter or search any premises under subsection (1) unless, before that entry, the inspector has produced his or her identity card for inspection by the occupier of the premises. S. 70K inserted by No. 103/2004 s. 40.