Water Industry Competition Act 2006

An inspector may, on land lawfully entered, do anything that in the opinion of the inspector is necessary to be done for the purposes of this Part, including but not limited to the things specified in subsection (2).

An inspector may do 1 or more of the following—

examine and inspect works,

take and remove samples,

make examinations, inquiries and tests that the inspector considers necessary,

take photographs, films, audio, video and other recordings that the inspector considers necessary,

require records to be produced for inspection,

examine and inspect records,

copy records,

seize anything that the inspector has reasonable grounds for believing is connected with an offence against this Act or the regulations,

for the purposes of paragraph (h), direct the occupier of the land where the thing is seized to keep it on that land or at another place under the control of the occupier,

other things that the inspector is empowered to do under this Part.

The power to seize anything connected with an offence includes a power to seize—

a thing to which the commission of the offence relates, and

a thing that will afford evidence of the commission of the offence, and

a thing that was used for the purpose of committing the offence.

In this section, a reference to an offence includes a reference to an offence that there are reasonable grounds for believing has been committed.