17Production of records

#### 17 Production of records 17 Production of records > > (1) An authorised officer who has lawfully entered any premises where a licensed business is being carried on may require any person apparently in charge of the premises to do immediately any of the following— > > > > > (a) to produce for inspection any record required to be kept by the licensee under this Act, > > > > > (b) to identify and locate records kept by the licensee that correspond to particular goods kept by the licensee, > > > > > (c) to identify and locate goods kept by the licensee that correspond to particular records kept by the licensee, > > > > > (d) to reveal the whereabouts of any goods or records referred to in paragraph (b) or (c), > > > > > (e) to produce the licence. > > > (2) An authorised officer may require a person carrying on a licensed business from a market stall or other place occupied intermittently for the purposes of a licensed business to do any of the following— > > > > > (a) to produce for inspection at the nearest police station within 24 hours any record required to be kept by the licensee under this Act, > > > > > (b) to identify, locate and produce for inspection at the nearest police station within 24 hours any records kept by the licensee that correspond to particular goods kept by the licensee, > > > > > (c) to identify, locate and produce for inspection at the nearest police station within 24 hours any goods kept by the licensee that correspond to particular records kept by the licensee, > > > > > (d) to reveal immediately the whereabouts of any goods or records referred to in paragraph (b) or (c), > > > > > (e) to produce the licence for inspection at the nearest police station within 24 hours. > > > (3) An authorised officer may require the promoter of a market— > > > > > (a) to produce for inspection at the nearest police station within 24 hours any record required to be kept by the promoter under this Act, or > > > > > (b) to reveal the whereabouts of any such records. > > > (4) An authorised officer who is not a police officer may, instead of requiring under this section that any goods or records be produced at a police station, require— > > > > > (a) the production of the goods or records at a place specified by the authorised officer, or > > > > > (b) that a copy of the records be sent to an address specified by the authorised officer. > > > (5) In the case of a record that is electronically stored, a provision of this section conferring power on an authorised officer to compel production of the record for inspection empowers the officer, for the purpose of exercising that power— > > > > > (a) to view the record and to copy or take extracts from it by electronic means, or > > > > > (b) to require that it be reproduced in hard copy, or copied electronically or reduced to a portable form suitable for removal and capable of reproducing the record for viewing. > > > (6) A person must comply with a requirement made of the person under this section. > > > > Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. > > **s 17:** Am 2016 No 55, Sch 1.19; 2024 No 25, Sch 2.6.