173DRights of access

173D Rights of access (1) For the purpose of ensuring compliance with this Part or the regulations or an administrative services agreement, a contractor or sub-contractor must give the Ministers, the Secretary and any person authorised by the Ministers or the Secretary free and unfettered access at all times, together with any assistants and equipment that the Ministers or the Secretary consider necessary— (a) to any premises occupied by the contractor or a sub-contractor in connection with the contractor's operations under the administrative services agreement; and (b) to all persons engaged or employed by the contractor or a sub-contractor in connection with the contractor's operations under the administrative services agreement; and (c) to all documents or equipment in the possession of the contractor or a sub‑contractor that relate to, or are used in connection with, the contractor's operations under the administrative services agreement. (2) For the purpose of enabling an administrator appointed under section 173E to carry out the administrator's functions and exercise the administrator's powers under that section, a contractor or sub-contractor must give the administrator free and unfettered access at all times, together with any assistants and equipment that the administrator considers necessary— (a) to any premises occupied by the contractor or a sub-contractor in connection with the contractor's operations under the administrative services agreement; and (b) to all persons engaged or employed by the contractor or a sub-contractor in connection with the contractor's operations under the administrative services agreement; and (c) to all documents or equipment in the possession of the contractor or a sub‑contractor that relate to, or are used in connection with, the contractor's operations under the administrative services agreement. (3) Nothing in this section limits, or takes away from, any function or power conferred on a person (including a person on whom a function or power is conferred by this section other than a contractor or sub-contractor), whether under this Act or any other Act or otherwise, including an administrative services agreement. S. 173E inserted by No. 59/2017 s. 62.