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AUSTRALIAN CONSUMER LAW AND FAIR TRADING ACT 2012 - SECT 149

Entry and search with consent

S. 149(1) amended by No. 50/2014 s. 15.

    (1)     If an inspector believes on reasonable grounds that a person may have contravened this Act or the regulations, the inspector, with the consent of the occupier of premises, may—

        (a)     enter and search the premises; and

        (b)     exercise a power referred to in subsection (2) and (3) at the premises.

    (2)     An inspector may—

        (a)     seize any thing the inspector finds on the premises if the inspector believes on reasonable grounds the thing is connected with the alleged contravention;

        (b)     examine, take and keep samples of any goods the inspector finds on the premises if the inspector believes on reasonable grounds the goods are connected with the alleged contravention;

S. 149(2)(c) substituted by No. 23/2016 s. 4(1).

        (c)     require any document on the premises to be produced for examination and, if the inspector believes on reasonable grounds that the document is connected with the alleged contravention—

              (i)     examine, make copies or take extracts from the document, or arrange for the making of copies or the taking of extracts; or

              (ii)     remove the document for so long as is reasonably necessary to make copies or take extracts from the document.

S. 149(3) amended by No. 23/2016 s. 4(2).

    (3)     An inspector may make any still or moving image, audio recording or audio-visual recording if the inspector believes on reasonable grounds it is necessary to do so for the purpose of establishing the alleged contravention.



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