37ROperation of electronic equipment by experts

37R Operation of electronic equipment by experts

(1) This section applies 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 believes on reasonable grounds that: (i) documents in electronic form, relevant to that monitoring, may be accessible by operating electronic equipment at the premises; and (ii) expert assistance is required to operate the equipment; and (iii) an authorised employee (the expert) of an authorised Commonwealth contractor accompanying the officer in relation to that monitoring has the expertise to operate the equipment. Expert may operate equipment (2) The expert may operate the equipment to determine whether such documents are accessible. If they are, the expert may do only 1 of 2 things. Produce documents in hard copy form (3) One thing the expert may do is operate the equipment or other facilities at the premises to put the documents in hard copy form. Transfer documents to a disk, tape or other storage device (4) The other thing the expert 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. Removal (5) The authorised officer may then remove the documents in hard copy form or remove the disk, tape or other storage device.