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Fair Trading (Australian Consumer Law) Act 1992
43General powers on entry to premises
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43 General powers on entry to premises
(1) An investigator who enters premises under this division may, for the
fair trading legislation, do any of the following in relation to the
premises or anything on the premises:
(a) inspect or examine;
(b) copy a document;
(c) take measurements or conduct tests;
(d) take samples of or from anything on the premises;
(e) take photographs, films, or audio, video or other recordings;
(f) subject to section 45 (Power to seize evidence), seize a thing;
(g) take into the premises any people, equipment or material the
investigator reasonably needs for exercising a power under this
division;
(h) require the occupier, or a person on the premises, to give the
investigator reasonable help to exercise a power under this
division.
(2) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, contravene a
requirement under subsection (1) (h).
Maximum penalty (subsection (2)): 50 penalty units.