65JPowers of authorised officers

65J Powers of authorised officers

[Section 65J of Part 4 Inserted by No. 59 of 2013, s. 33, Applied:01 Feb 2015]

(1)  An authorised officer may, if reasonably required for a purpose connected with the administration or enforcement of this Act, enter and inspect any place if –

(a) the occupier of the place consents to the officer's entry; or

(b) the entry is made under a warrant issued under section 65K ; or

(c) the place is a public place and the entry occurs when the place is open to the public.

(2)  An authorised officer may, if reasonably required for a purpose connected with the administration or enforcement of this Act –

(a) take photographs, films or audio, video or other recordings; or

(b) examine or test any air or thing from a place or require the thing to be examined or tested or provided to the officer for examination or testing.

(3)  An authorised officer may require a person to provide to the officer a document, or a copy of a document, in the possession of the person, if the document is reasonably required for a purpose connected with the administration or enforcement of this Act.

(4)  The documents that a person may be required under subsection (3) to provide include, but are not limited to including, a document in writing that reproduces in a comprehensible form information in the possession of the person that is stored by an electronic device, object or process.

(5)  An authorised officer may examine, copy or take extracts from a document provided in accordance with a requirement imposed under subsection (3) or found in the conduct of a search under this Act.

(6)  An authorised officer may require a person to provide information to the officer that is reasonably required for a purpose connected with the administration or enforcement of this Act.

(7)  An authorised officer may require a person to answer questions in relation to a matter.

(8)  An authorised officer may only require a person to answer questions in relation to a matter if –