9‑31 Inspecting establishments and secur9‑31 Inspecting establishments and securing areas, facilities, equipment or other things

9‑31 Inspecting establishments and securing areas, facilities, equipment or other things

(1) An authorised officer may inspect: (a) an establishment, or any area of an establishment, where operations are carried out to prepare or transport rabbit meat, ratite meat, rabbit meat products or ratite meat products; and (b) any facilities or equipment or other things at the establishment or area of the establishment; and (c) any services provided at the establishment or area of the establishment.

Note: Examples of other things that may be at an establishment or area of an establishment are vehicles or other conveyances.

(2) If an authorised officer considers it is necessary to enable functions to be performed, or powers to be exercised, under the Act at an establishment in relation to rabbit meat, ratite meat, rabbit meat products or ratite meat products that are to be, or that have been, prepared at the establishment or transported to or from the establishment, an authorised officer may secure an area of the establishment, or facilities or equipment or any other thing at the establishment, that has been, or is to be, inspected under subsection (1), by attaching, or applying, an identification tag or similar means of identification to the area, facilities, equipment or other thing. (3) An identification tag, or other means of identification, used under subsection (2) must be in a form approved by the Secretary. (4) A person must not remove an identification tag, or other means of identification, that has been attached or applied to an area of an establishment, or facilities, equipment or any other thing, under subsection (2) unless the person: (a) is an authorised officer; or (b) is acting in accordance with a direction given by an authorised officer.

Note: For how a direction may be given by an authorised officer, see section 309 of the Act.