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CRIME AND CORRUPTION ACT 2001 - SECT 73

Power to enter etc.

73 Power to enter etc.

(1) This section applies only for a corruption investigation.
(2) The chairperson may, by notice, authorise a commission officer to exercise powers under this section.
(3) A commission officer authorised under subsection (2) may—
(a) enter and search official premises; or
(b) inspect any document or thing found in or on official premises that is, or might be, relevant to the corruption investigation; or
(c) seize and remove from official premises any document or thing found in or on the premises that is relevant to a corruption investigation; or
(d) make copies of or extracts from a document mentioned in paragraph (b) or (c) ; or
(e) require a person holding an appointment in a unit of public administration to give the officer reasonable help to exercise the powers mentioned in paragraphs (b) to (d) .
(4) A person does not, by allowing the exercise of a power under subsection (3) in relation to a document or thing—
(a) contravene a provision of an Act or a law imposing a statutory or commercial obligation or restriction to maintain secrecy in relation to the document or thing; or
(b) incur any civil liability in relation to the document or thing.
(5) However, the commission officer must not exercise a power under subsection (3) (b) , (c) or (d) if the chief executive officer of the unit, or a person authorised by the chief executive officer for the purpose, claims that the document or thing is subject to privilege.
Note—
If a claim of privilege is made, the commission officer is required to consider the claim under section 80 and, if the requirement is not withdrawn, the person may apply to, or be required to attend before, the Supreme Court to establish the claim under section 196 .
(6) A commission officer exercising powers under this section must, if asked by the occupier of the official premises, or a person acting for the occupier, produce for inspection by the occupier or person the chairperson’s authority under which the officer purports to act.
(7) In this section—

"official premises" means premises occupied or used by, or for the official purposes of, a unit of public administration, but does not include any part of premises that is occupied or used by or for the purposes of any State court.



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