96Access to premises, &c.

96 Access to premises, &c.

(1)  The Director may give an enforcement officer written authority to exercise powers under this section for the purposes of enforcing this part against an employer.

(2)  The enforcement officer may not exercise powers under this section unless he or she first produces the written authority and an identity card for inspection by the employer.

(3)  An enforcement officer's powers under this section are as follows:

(a) to enter, at all reasonable times, premises of an employer, other than premises used exclusively as a residence, and remain on the premises for the time reasonably necessary to exercise powers under this section;

(b) to inspect or examine any business records relevant to the employer's obligations under this Act on the employer's premises;

(c) to make copies of, or take extracts from, any document that the enforcement officer considers is reasonably necessary for ensuring compliance with this Act;

(d) to require the occupier of the premises to give the enforcement officer reasonable help to exercise a power mentioned in paragraph (a) , (b) or (c) .

(4)  A person required under subsection (3)(d) to give an officer reasonable help must comply with the request, unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not doing so.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(5)  To the extent that reasonable help required by an enforcement officer would involve the production of a document or the giving of information, it is a reasonable excuse for the purposes of subsection (4) that the production of the document or the giving of the information would tend to incriminate the person.