553Powers of inspection

553 Powers of inspection (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person authorised by the Authority may, with an interpreter or such other assistance as the person requires— (a) without force, enter, inspect and examine at any reasonable time any premises; and (b) require a person in or on those premises to give information and produce books; and (c) inspect, examine and make extracts from, or copies of, any books 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, the **Accident Compensation Act 1985** or the **Workers Compensation Act 1958** are being or have been contravened or generally of enforcing the provisions of this Act, the **Accident Compensation Act 1985** or the **Workers Compensation Act 1958**. (2) A person must not exercise a power under subsection (1) in any part of premises used only for residential purposes except with the consent of the occupier for the time being of that part. (3) If a person exercising powers under subsection (1) uses the assistance of an interpreter, a requirement to provide information made on behalf of that person by the interpreter is to be taken to have been made by that person and any answer given to the interpreter is to be taken to have been given to that person. This section does not affect the operation of section 597 (protection against self-incrimination) or section 598 (legal professional privilege and client legal privilege).