Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 140XC

  (1)   An inspector who enters premises or a place under section   140XB may exercise one or more of the following powers while on the premises or at the place:

  (a)   inspect any work, process or object;

  (b)   interview any person;

  (c)   require a person to tell the inspector who has custody of, or access to, a record or document;

  (d)   require a person who has the custody of, or access to, a record or document to produce the record or document to the inspector either while the inspector is on the premises or at the place, or within a specified period;

  (e)   inspect, and make copies of, any record or document that:

  (i)   is kept on the premises or at the place; or

  (ii)   is accessible from a computer that is kept on the premises or at the place.

  (2)   A Fair Work Inspector who enters premises or a place under the Fair Work Act 2009 for any compliance purpose under section   706 of that Act may, for a purpose mentioned in section   140X of this Act, exercise any of the powers mentioned in subsection   (1) of this section while on the premises or at the place.

Note:   See also sections   140XG, 140XH and 140XI (which deal with self - incrimination and produced documents etc.).