37QOperation of electronic equipment by authorised officers

37Q Operation of electronic equipment by authorised officers

(1) If: (a) an authorised officer has obtained access to premises for the purpose of monitoring compliance with the conditions of a grant; and (b) the officer finds that documents in electronic form, relevant to that monitoring, are accessible by operating electronic equipment at the premises; the officer may do only 1 of 2 things. Removal of documents (2) One thing the officer may do is operate the equipment or other facilities at the premises to put the documents in hard copy form and remove the documents so produced. Removal of disk, tape or other storage device (3) The other thing the officer may do is operate the equipment or other facilities at the premises to transfer the documents to a disk, tape or other storage device that: (a) is brought to the premises for the exercise of the power; or (b) is at the premises and the use of which for the purpose has been agreed to in writing by the occupier of the premises; and remove the disk, tape or other storage device from the premises.