Relevant records, powers in relation to
43C Relevant records, powers in relation to
A licensing officer, for compliance purposes, may do any of the following —
operate a computer or other thing on which the officer suspects on reasonable grounds a relevant record is or may be stored or direct a person who has the custody or control of the computer or thing to do so;
direct a person who is or appears to be in control of a record or document that the officer suspects on reasonable grounds is a relevant record to give the officer a translation, code, password or other information necessary to gain access to or interpret and understand the record or document;
make a copy of or take an extract from, or download or print out, or photograph or film, a record or document that the officer suspects on reasonable grounds is a relevant record;
seize a record or document that the officer suspects on reasonable grounds is a relevant record and retain it for as long as is necessary for the purposes of this Act;
seize a computer or other thing on which the officer suspects on reasonable grounds a relevant record is or may be stored and retain it for as long as is necessary for the purposes of this Act;
take reasonable measures to secure or protect a relevant record, or computer or other thing on which a relevant record is or may be stored, against damage or unauthorised removal or interference.
[Section 43C inserted: No. 38 of 2011 s. 26.]
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