Fair Trading Act 2010

This section does not apply to the extent that the purpose of exercising a power under subsection (1) is in relation to a regulated activity carried on by a regulated person under the Charitable Collections Act 1946 or the Short‑Term Rental Accommodation Act 2024.

An authorised person may, for all or any of the purposes listed in subsection (2) —

during normal business hours, enter premises where the business of a regulated person is being carried on, without obtaining a warrant under section 74; and

exercise the powers in sections 69, 79 and 87 once entry is made.

The purposes referred to in subsection (1) are as follows —

to determine whether or not a regulated person is or has been complying with the conditions, if any, of their authorisation;

to determine whether or not a regulated person is or has been complying with the requirements of the registration Act under which he or she holds an authorisation;

to determine whether or not a regulated person is or has been complying with a code of conduct applying to the registered person under a registration Act.

An authorised person may invoke the powers in subsection (1) even though an investigation is not under way in relation to any particular regulated person.