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Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
sec.272Inspection of records
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### sec.272 Inspection of records
The inspection entity for a law enforcement agency must, from time to time and at least once every 12 months, inspect the records of the agency to find out the extent of compliance by the agency and law enforcement officers of the agency with this chapter and chapter 21 , part 2 , to the extent it applies to activities under this chapter.
For an inspection under this section, the inspection entity—
after notifying the chief executive officer of the agency, may enter at any reasonable time premises occupied by the agency; and
is entitled to have full and free access at all reasonable times to all records of the agency that are relevant to the inspection; and
may require a member of staff of the agency to give the inspection entity any information that the inspection entity considers necessary, being information that is in the member’s possession, or to which the member has access, and that is relevant to the inspection.
The chief executive officer must ensure that members of staff of the agency give the inspection entity any help the inspection entity reasonably requires to enable the inspection entity to perform functions under this section.
This section does not limit the parliamentary commissioner’s powers under the Crime and Corruption Act 2001 , chapter 6 , part 4 , division 4 in relation to the functions of the CCC.
s 272 ins 2000 No. 22 s 8
sub 2005 No. 45 s 12
amd 2014 No. 21 s 94 (2) sch 2
(sec.272-ssec.1) The inspection entity for a law enforcement agency must, from time to time and at least once every 12 months, inspect the records of the agency to find out the extent of compliance by the agency and law enforcement officers of the agency with this chapter and chapter 21 , part 2 , to the extent it applies to activities under this chapter.
(sec.272-ssec.2) For an inspection under this section, the inspection entity— after notifying the chief executive officer of the agency, may enter at any reasonable time premises occupied by the agency; and is entitled to have full and free access at all reasonable times to all records of the agency that are relevant to the inspection; and may require a member of staff of the agency to give the inspection entity any information that the inspection entity considers necessary, being information that is in the member’s possession, or to which the member has access, and that is relevant to the inspection.
(sec.272-ssec.3) The chief executive officer must ensure that members of staff of the agency give the inspection entity any help the inspection entity reasonably requires to enable the inspection entity to perform functions under this section.
(sec.272-ssec.4) This section does not limit the parliamentary commissioner’s powers under the Crime and Corruption Act 2001 , chapter 6 , part 4 , division 4 in relation to the functions of the CCC.
- (a) after notifying the chief executive officer of the agency, may enter at any reasonable time premises occupied by the agency; and
- (b) is entitled to have full and free access at all reasonable times to all records of the agency that are relevant to the inspection; and
- (c) may require a member of staff of the agency to give the inspection entity any information that the inspection entity considers necessary, being information that is in the member’s possession, or to which the member has access, and that is relevant to the inspection.