90Powers on entry

90 Powers on entry

S. 90(1) amended by No. 13/2025 s. 82(Sch. 2 item 10).

(1) On exercising a power of entry under this Division, an authorised officer may for the purpose for which the power of entry was exercised—

(a) search the land or premises and anything found at the land or premises;

(b) inspect and take photographs (including video recordings), or make sketches, of the land or premises or anything on the land or at the premises;

(c) inspect, and make copies of, or take extracts from, any document kept on the land or at the premises;

S. 90(1)(d) amended by No. 13/2025 s. 82(Sch. 2 item 10).

(d) seize anything on the land or at the premises the authorised officer believes on reasonable grounds that it is necessary to seize in order to prevent its concealment, loss or destruction;

S. 90(1)(e) amended by No. 13/2025 s. 82(Sch. 2 item 10).

(e) examine, test and, if necessary, disconnect, seize and remove or otherwise make safe any appliance, gas installation, gas pipe, gas fitting, apparatus or equipment that the authorised officer considers unsafe or does not comply with this Act or the regulations or was involved in a gas incident.

S. 90(2) amended by No. 13/2025 s. 82(Sch. 2 item 10).

(2) If an authorised officer is unable to ascertain the identity of the owner or custodian of anything seized, the authorised officer must—

(a) leave a receipt with, or post it to, the owner of the land or premises from which the thing was seized; and

(b) if a document is seized, leave a copy of the document, if practicable, with, or post it to, the owner of the land or premises from which the document was seized.