27Regulated timber products subject to biosecurity control or customs control

27 Regulated timber products subject to biosecurity control or customs control

(1) For the purpose of monitoring compliance with the provisions of Part 2, an inspector may do the things covered by subsection (2) in relation to a regulated timber product that is subject to biosecurity control under section 119 of the Biosecurity Act 2015, or customs control under section 30 or 31 of the Customs Act 1901, in order to determine the following: (a) the common name, genus or scientific name of the tree from which the timber, or the timber in the product, is derived; (b) the country, the region of the country or the forest harvesting unit in which the timber, or the timber in the product, was harvested. (2) The things covered by this subsection are the following: (a) enter any premises at which the regulated timber product is located; (b) inspect or examine the regulated timber product; (c) conduct tests on the regulated timber product; (d) take, test and analyse samples of the regulated timber product.