178Powers of entry, inspection and seizure

178 Powers of entry, inspection and seizure

After section 63(6) of the Integrity Oversight Victoria Act 2011 insert—

"(6A) Subject to subsection (6B), if the Victorian Inspectorate considers on reasonable grounds there are documents or other things that are relevant to an inquiry in relation to the Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Commission or a Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Commission officer which are on Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Commission premises, the Victorian Inspectorate may authorise a Victorian Inspectorate Officer, with such assistance as the Victorian Inspectorate Officer thinks fit, to—

(a) enter those premises at any time; and

(b) search those premises for documents or other things that are relevant to the inquiry; and

(c) inspect or copy any document or other thing found at those premises; and

(d) seize any document or other thing found at those premises that is relevant to the inquiry and keep it until the Victorian Inspectorate has completed its inquiry.

(6B) The Victorian Inspectorate must not exercise the power conferred by subsection (6A) in respect of the Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Commission unless the Victorian Inspectorate considers on reasonable grounds that the Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Commission, or any Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Commission officer, has wilfully failed to give assistance in accordance with section 48(3A).".

S. 179 amended by No. 27/2024 s. 188(Sch. 3 item 2.36).