52BRegistrar's powers in respect of premises

52B Registrar's powers in respect of premises

[Section 52B Inserted by No. 46 of 2015, s. 31, Applied:27 Nov 2015]

(1)  For the purposes of determining whether this Act is being contravened, the Registrar may do any or all of the following at any reasonable time:

(a) enter and remain in or on –

(i) any premises at which a regulated activity occurs; or

(ii) any premises at which the Registrar has reason to believe a regulated activity is occurring or has occurred; or

(iii) any premises at which the Registrar has reason to believe any records or other things relevant to a possible contravention of this Act may be kept;

(b) if the Registrar has reason to believe that an offence under this Act has been, or is being, committed in or on any premises, enter and remain in or on those premises, using such force as is reasonably necessary;

(c) require a person apparently in charge of premises legally entered, or a person employed or volunteering in or on such premises, to –

(i) provide his or her name and address; and

(ii) answer any question put to him or her by the Registrar; and

(iii) deliver or provide any information or document, or a copy of a document, in his or her possession or to which he or she has access, as directed by the Registrar;

(d) if the Registrar has reason to believe an offence under this Act has been, or is being, committed in or on premises legally entered –

(i) search the premises and any thing in or on the premises; and

(ii) open or break open any thing in or on the premises for the purposes of that search;

(e) in or on premises legally entered, examine, take possession of, make copies of or take extracts from any document that is relevant to an offence under this Act;

(f) seize any thing that the Registrar has reason to believe is relevant to an offence under this Act.