29Powers of entry, inspection and investigation by authorised officers

29 Powers of entry, inspection and investigation by authorised officers

29 Powers of entry, inspection and investigation by authorised officers

(1) In this section—

authorised officer means a person appointed by the Minister as an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act.

insurer means a person who provides, or who formerly provided, professional indemnity insurance, and includes any insurance broker or commission agent engaged in the business of professional indemnity insurance in respect of health care.

premises includes any structure, building, aircraft, vehicle and place (whether built on or not).

(2) Powers may be exercised by an authorised officer under this section for the following purposes—

(a) for determining whether there has been compliance with or a contravention of this Act (including the requirements imposed by an insurance regulation order),

(b) for obtaining information and documents for purposes connected with the administration of this Act.

(3) An authorised officer may do any or all of the following—

(a) on production of his or her authority, enter at any reasonable hour any premises used, or that the authorised officer reasonably suspects to be used, by an insurer for the conduct of the insurer’s business or the storage or custody of any document,

(b) on production of his or her authority, enter at any reasonable hour any premises in or on which the authorised officer knows, or reasonably suspects, an insurer to be,

(c) remain in or on those premises while exercising any power conferred by this section,

(d) require an insurer or any other person in or on those premises to produce any such document that is in his or her possession or under his or her control and is capable of being produced,

(e) require an insurer or any other person having possession or control of any such document that is not written, or is not written in the English language or is not decipherable on sight, to produce a statement, written in the English language and decipherable on sight, of the information contained in the document,

(f) inspect, or make copies of or take extracts from, a document produced pursuant to paragraph (d) or a statement produced pursuant to paragraph (e), or retain such a statement,