Access to premises etc
61 Access to premises etc
For the purposes of the application of this Part in relation to an employer, an officer authorised in writing by the Registrar to exercise powers under this section:
may, at all reasonable times, enter and remain on any land or premises;
is allowed free access at all reasonable times to all documents; and
may inspect, examine, make copies of, or take extracts from, any document.
An officer is not entitled to enter or remain on any land or premises under this section if, on being requested by the occupier of the land or premises for proof of authority, the officer does not produce an authority in writing signed by the Registrar stating that the officer is authorised to exercise powers under this section.
A person commits an offence if:
the person is an occupier of land or premises entered or proposed to be entered by an officer; and
the person does not provide the officer with all reasonable facilities and assistance that the occupier is reasonably capable of providing; and
the person does not do so in circumstances where the officer is exercising his or her powers under this section.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
Strict liability applies to paragraph (3)(c).
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