59Authorised officers may enter premises

59 Authorised officers may enter premises

59 Authorised officers may enter premises

(1) An authorised officer may, for an authorised purpose, enter premises at a reasonable hour in the daytime or at an hour during which business is in progress or is usually carried out on the premises.

(2) Entry to premises may be effected with or without the authority of a search warrant.

(3) An authorised officer may, at premises lawfully entered, do anything the authorised officer considers necessary to be done for an authorised purpose, including the following—

(a) examine and inspect any part of the premises,

(b) take photographs or other recordings,

(c) examine and inspect documents and records,

(d) copy or take notes from documents and records,

(e) seize a thing the authorised officer has reasonable grounds for believing is connected with an offence against the Act or the regulations,

(f) require the owner or occupier of the premises to provide assistance or facilities reasonably necessary to enable the authorised officer to exercise the officer’s functions,

(g) require a person in or about the premises to answer questions or otherwise give information.

(4) An authorised officer may be accompanied by any assistants the authorised officer considers necessary.

(5) This section does not empower an authorised officer to enter any part of premises used only for residential purposes without—

(a) the permission of the occupier of the premises, or

(b) the authority of a search warrant.

(6) In this section—

premises includes the following—

(a) a building or structure,

(b) land or a place, whether enclosed or built on or not,

(c) a mobile plant, vehicle, vessel or aircraft.