National Health Security Act 2007

The monitoring powers that an inspector may exercise under paragraph 65(1)(b) are as follows:

to search the premises and any thing on the premises;

to inspect, examine, take measurements of, conduct tests on, or take samples of, any biological agent that is, or is suspected of being, a security‑sensitive biological agent on the premises;

to take photographs, make video or audio recordings or make sketches of the premises or any thing on the premises;

if the inspector was authorised to enter the premises by a monitoring warrant—to require any person in or on the premises:

to answer any questions put by the inspector; and

to produce any book, record or document requested by the inspector;

to inspect any book, record or document on the premises;

to take extracts from or make copies of any such book, record or document;

to take onto premises such equipment and materials as the inspector requires for the purpose of exercising powers in relation to the premises;

to secure a thing, until a warrant is obtained to seize it, being a thing:

that the inspector finds during the exercise of monitoring powers on the premises; and

that the inspector believes on reasonable grounds may afford evidence of the commission of an offence against this Part or the Crimes (Biological Weapons) Act 1976; and

that the inspector believes on reasonable grounds would be lost, destroyed or tampered with before the warrant can be obtained;

to operate electronic equipment, and do other things, at the premises as mentioned in section 67.

A person must not refuse or fail to comply with a requirement under paragraph (1)(d).