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DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 80R

Police may inspect records

S. 80R(1) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 47.29(a)).

    (1)     Subject to subsection (4), a police officer, without warrant, at any time when the premises are open for business—

        (a)     may enter premises where category 1 precursor chemicals, category 2 precursor chemicals or category 3 precursor apparatus are supplied; and

        (b)     may inspect any records required to be kept under this Part which are at those premises.

S. 80R(2) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 47.29(a)).

    (2)     A police officer exercising a power under subsection (1) may require a person who supplies category 1 precursor chemicals, category 2 precursor chemicals or category 3 precursor apparatus to produce for inspection any records required to be kept under this Part.

S. 80R(3) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 47.29(a)).

    (3)     Without limiting subsection (2), if a document required to be produced under subsection (2) is or is part of a record kept in an electronically readable form, a police officer may require the document to be provided in a readily accessible form—

        (a)     electronically; or

        (b)     in a paper form produced from a computer.

S. 80R(4) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 47.29(b)).

    (4)     A police officer must show his or her identification before exercising a power under this section, unless that police officer is in police uniform.

    (5)     This section does not limit or prevent the exercise of any other inspection power or enforcement power under this Act or the regulations or any other law.

S. 80S inserted by No. 55/2009 s. 8.



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