135Power of entry and inspection

135 Power of entry and inspection (1) Subject to subsection (3), the Monitor or one or more persons authorised by the Monitor may, if the Monitor considers it necessary for the purposes of performing the functions or duties of the Monitor— (a) enter any place of an agency during ordinary business hours and inspect that place and any document, thing or activity in that place that the Monitor reasonably considers to be relevant; and (b) make a copy of any relevant document, or any document that the Monitor reasonably considers to be relevant. (2) The Monitor may, if the Monitor considers it necessary for the purposes of performing the functions or duties of the Monitor, require any agency— (a) to allow the Monitor, or one or more persons authorised by the Monitor, to observe the operation of a system, procedure or thing; and (b) to demonstrate the operation of a system, procedure or other thing to the Monitor, or any persons authorised by the Monitor. (3) The Monitor must give an agency reasonable notice of an intention— (a) to enter any place of an agency for the purposes specified in subsection (1); and (b) to require an agency to perform an action specified under subsection (2). S. 136 inserted by No. 20/2019 s. 85.