Radiation Protection Act 2005
62Powers of authorised officers
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62 Powers of authorised officers
(1) For the purposes of this Act, an authorised officer, at any reasonable time, may do any one or more of the following:
(a) alone, or with such police officers or other persons as the authorised officer considers necessary, enter and inspect any place that the authorised officer reasonably believes is used in connection with the manufacture, possession, sale, acquisition, use, storage, transport, service, repair or disposal of, or other dealing with, a radiation source;
(b) alone, or with such police officers or other persons as the authorised officer considers necessary, enter and inspect any place in which the authorised officer reasonably believes that there are any records or documents that relate to the manufacture, possession, use, sale, acquisition, storage, transport, installation, servicing, repair or disposal of, or other dealing with, a radiation source.
(2) In any place lawfully entered, an authorised officer may do any one or more of the following:
(a) inspect or examine that place or anything found in or on that place;
(b) take measurements of, or conduct tests in relation to, that place or anything found in or on that place;
(c) take photographs, films or audio, video or other recordings of that place or anything found in or on that place;
(d) take and remove from that place samples for analysis of anything found in or on that place;
(e) subject to section 66 , seize any thing found in or on that place;
(f) if that place is a vehicle –
(i) subject to section 66 , seize the vehicle; and
(ii) stop, move or not move the vehicle; and
(iii) bring the vehicle to a place and remain in control of the vehicle until the authorised officer permits the vehicle to depart;
(g) take copies of or extracts from documents found in or on that place;
(h) require a person in or on that place to –