127APowers of inspection

127A Powers of inspection S. 127A(1) amended by No. 84/1994 s. 52. (1) A person employed in the administration of this Act and authorised by the Commission may— (a) with an interpreter or such other assistance as the person requires, enter, inspect and examine at any reasonable time any premises; and S. 127A(1)(b) amended by No. 34/1998 s. 18. (b) require a person in or on those premises to give information and produce documents; and S. 127A(1)(c) amended by No. 34/1998 s. 18. (c) inspect, examine and make extracts from, or copies of, any documents in or on those premises; and (d) exercise such other powers as are necessary— for the purpose of determining whether the provisions of this Act are being contravened or generally of enforcing the provisions of this Act. (2) If a person exercising powers under subsection (1) uses the assistance of an interpreter— (a) a request for information made on behalf of that person by the interpreter shall be deemed to have been made by that person; and (b) any answer given to the interpreter shall be deemed to have been given to that person. (3) The Commission must give to each officer authorised for the purposes of this section a certificate of the authority. (4) An authorised officer must produce the certificate of authority if requested to do so when exercising powers under this section. S. 127B inserted by No. 32/1988 s. 32.