50Powers of inspectors

50 Powers of inspectors

(1)  In this section –

approved interpreter means –

(a) a person who is accredited as an interpreter by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters Ltd (ABN 42 008 596 996); or

(b) a prescribed person.

(2)  For any reasonable purpose connected with the enforcement of this Act, an inspector may undertake any one or more of the following actions:

(a) go on board a ship or enter land with such assistants and equipment as the inspector considers necessary;

(b) require the master of a ship to take such steps as the inspector directs to facilitate the boarding of the ship;

(c) require the occupier of land to take such steps as the inspector directs to facilitate the entry onto the land;

(d) inspect or test any plant, equipment, machinery, vehicle or other thing for the purpose of determining whether a provision of this Act is being, or has been, complied with, or cause or require it to be so inspected or tested, or seize it or require its production for such inspection or testing;

(e) require the master of a ship to take such steps as the inspector directs to facilitate the examination or testing of any machinery or equipment of the ship;

(f) require the occupier of land to take such steps as the inspector directs to facilitate the inspection or testing of any structure, plant, equipment, machinery, vehicle or other thing on the land;

(g) open, or require the master of a ship, or the occupier of land, to cause to be opened, any hold, bunker, tank, compartment, or receptacle, on the ship or land and inspect the contents of any hold, bunker, tank, compartment, or receptacle, on the ship or land;

(h) require the master of a ship to produce a record book required to be carried on a ship or any other books, documents, or records, relating to the ship or its cargo, that are carried in the ship;

(i) require the occupier of land to produce a book, document or record;

(j) make copies of, or take extracts from, any books, documents, or records, referred to in or ;