New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FAIR TRADING ACT 1987 - SECT 23G

23G Powers of investigators to secure consumer goods

(1) This section applies if--

(a) an embargo notice has been issued in relation to consumer goods or equipment, and

(b) the investigator who gave the notice believes on reasonable grounds that it is necessary to secure the consumer goods or equipment in order to ensure that the notice is complied with.

(2) The investigator may, during the embargo period for the embargo notice, do anything that the investigator thinks is necessary to secure those consumer goods or that equipment (whether by locking them up, placing a guard or otherwise).