Occupational Licensing Act 2005

If an authorised officer reasonably considers that an offence against this Act has been, is being or is likely to be committed or a code of practice has been, is being or is likely to be contravened in any premises, the authorised officer may enter those premises and do one or more of the following:

require the owner or occupier of those premises or any employee of the owner or occupier to produce any records relating to any business in which, or for the purposes of which, any prescribed work is being carried on;

search for, inspect, take extracts from and make copies of those records;

require any person who appears to be able to do so to answer any question relating to any prescribed work, the duties of contractors or the duties of practitioners, or building services providers, under this Act.