State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971

The authorised officer may do any of the following—

search any part of the place;

inspect, examine or film any part of the place or anything at the place;

take for examination a thing, or a sample of or from a thing, at the place;

place an identifying mark in or on anything at the place;

take an extract from, or copy, a document at the place, or take the document to another place to copy;

reproduce sounds, images or writing from an electronic document at the place or, to the extent that is not practicable, take either or both of the following to another place to reproduce sounds, images or writing from an electronic document—

a thing that is or contains an electronic document;

a thing that can be used to reproduce sounds, images or writing from an electronic document;

take to, into or onto the place and use any person, equipment and materials the officer requires for exercising the officer’s powers under this part;

remain at the place for the time necessary to achieve the purpose of the entry.

The authorised officer may do anything necessary to exercise a power under subsection (1).

If the authorised officer takes a document from the place to copy it, the officer must copy the document and return it to the place as soon as practicable.

If the authorised officer takes a thing from the place to reproduce sounds, images or writing from an electronic document, the officer must reproduce the sounds, images or writing from the document and return the thing to the place as soon as practicable.

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