Road Safety Act 1986

An authorised inspector may inspect a premises to which this Division applies for compliance purposes.

Without limiting subsection (1), in conducting an inspection of a premises, the authorised inspector may—

enter the premises;

inspect, or enter and inspect, any heavy vehicle in or on the premises;

inspect and copy any documents located at the premises that are required to be kept by a relevant law or scheme;

check the existence of and inspect any devices (including weighing, measuring, recording or monitoring devices) that are required to be installed, used or maintained by a relevant law or scheme, and to inspect and copy any document obtained from any such device;

examine any goods found on or in the premises that the inspector believes, on reasonable grounds, provide, or may on further examination provide, evidence of a contravention of a relevant law or scheme;

exercise with respect to a heavy vehicle located at the premises any power that may be exercised during an inspection of a heavy vehicle under section 114(2).

This section does not authorise the use of force, but the authorised inspector may under this section do any or all of the following—

open unlocked doors, panels, objects or other things, or open unlocked places;

move, but not take away, anything that is not locked up or sealed.