Health Practitioners Act 2004

(1) Subject to and for the purposes of section 72(1)(b) and (5), an inspector may exercise the following powers:

(b) require the person apparently in charge of the premises to produce for inspection any document held at the premises;

(c) inspect and take notes of or extracts from a document referred to in paragraph (b);

(e) ask questions of and require answers from persons on the premises;

(g) open and inspect containers or packages that the inspector reasonably suspects are used for the purpose of, or in connection with, the provision of health care services at the premises;

(i) require a person registered or claiming to be registered to produce a certificate of registration issued under section 124 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law;

(j) if the inspector reasonably suspects that this Act has been contravened – seize and, on providing a receipt, remove anything that in the reasonable opinion of the inspector is evidence of the contravention;

(k) remove, on providing a receipt, any document found on the premises to the custody and control of the Pharmacy Committee for as long as the Pharmacy Committee considers necessary or expedient.

(2) If the Pharmacy Committee is satisfied that for legitimate reasons a person needs access to a document that has been removed from premises to the custody and control of the regulatory body under subsection (1)(k), the Pharmacy Committee may:

(a) grant the person reasonable access to the document or to a copy of the document; or

(b) provide the person with a copy or certified copy of the document; or

(c) retain a copy of the document and return the original to the premises.