Environment Protection Act 1997

Subject to section 101, an authorised officer who enters premises under section 97 (1) may do any of the following in relation to the premises or anything on the premises:

inspect or examine;

take measurements or conduct tests;

take samples for analysis;

take photographs, films, or audio, video or other recordings;

for a thing—subject to section 108, seize the thing;

if the thing is a document—take copies of, or extracts from, the document.

An authorised officer who enters premises under section 97 (1) may require the occupier or a person on the premises to do any of the following:

answer questions or give information;

make available any record or other document kept on the premises;

provide reasonable assistance to the officer in relation to the exercise of the officer’s powers under subsection (1).