56Powers of inspectors

56 Powers of inspectors (1) An inspector may carry out an inspection to ascertain whether a licensee or an agent is carrying on the licensee's or agent's business in accordance with the licensee's licence, this Act, the Regulations or the Rules or totalisators are being operated in accordance with the Rules. (2) For the purposes of carrying out an inspection, an inspector may: (a) at any time enter the premises of a licensee or agent or any other place where business under the licensee's licence is carried on, whether in or outside of the Territory; (b) request production of the licensee's licence or evidence of the licence; (c) search the premises or other place; (d) access in any manner, including electronically, a system used for conducting totalisator wagering on the premises or other place; (e) inspect, examine, measure, test, photograph or film the premises or other place, the machinery, parts and workings of a totalisator or any other device, thing or document on the premises or other place that relates to the licensee's business under the licence;

Totalisator Licensing and Regulation Act 2000 31 (f) request a person on the premises or other place to answer questions, produce a document or thing kept there that relates to the licensee's business under the licence or give any other assistance the inspector requests to carry out the inspection; (g) copy or take extracts from a document produced or inspected or request a person on the premises or other place to provide a copy of or extract from the document; (h) take and detain a thing or a sample of a thing on the premises or other place that relates to the licensee's business under the licence for analysis or testing or request a person to bring the thing or a sample of the thing to a place and remain in control of it at that place until permitted by an inspector to depart from that place; (j) remove and retain a document referred to in paragraph (e) or (f) which he or she has reasonable grounds to believe is evidence of or otherwise relates to an offence against the Act, the Regulations or the Rules for so long as is reasonably necessary for the purpose of making copies of or taking extracts from the document; (k) seize, remove and detain, or require the production of, machinery or a device or other thing that he or she has reasonable grounds to believe is evidence of or otherwise relates to an offence against the Act, the Regulations or the Rules; and (m) exercise any prescribed powers. (3) In carrying out an inspection an inspector must not: (a) interfere with the operation of the totalisator while the inspector is examining the machinery, parts or workings of the totalisator; or (b) if he or she is requested to produce his or her identity card by a person on the premises – remain in or on the premises unless he or she produces his or her identity card for that person. (4) If an inspector enters a racecourse in the Territory for the purpose of inspecting a totalisator located on the racecourse, he or she may enter the racecourse without charge.