Inspection
80 Inspection
(1) The Registrar may carry out inspections for the purposes of monitoring compliance with this Act, including compliance with this Act by any of the following persons:
construction workers;
persons who employ or engage construction workers;
(c) persons (other than construction workers) who carry out or are to carry out construction work;
persons for whom construction work is or is to be carried out.
The Registrar may:
(a) at any reasonable time, enter a place (including residential premises) which the Registrar reasonably believes to be occupied for a purpose that relates to:
the employment or engagement of construction workers; or
construction work on which the levy is or may be imposed; or
(b) require a person at that place to provide the Registrar with any information or records relating to that employment, engagement or construction work (as the case requires); or
make copies of such records; or
(d) operate any electronic equipment at the place for the purposes of retrieving such records.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), a person must not, without reasonable excuse:
(a) obstruct, resist or hinder the Registrar from doing any of the things mentioned in subsection (2); or
(b) fail to comply with a requirement given to the person by the Registrar for the purposes of doing any of those things; or
fail to comply with a requirement mentioned in subsection (2)(b).
Maximum penalty: If the offender is a natural person – 100 penalty units.
If the offender is a body corporate – 500 penalty units.
(4) If the Registrar enters a place without producing the Registrar's identity card when requested to do so:
the Registrar is not authorised to remain at that place; and
(b) a person is not required to comply with a requirement mentioned in subsection (3)(b) or (c).
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