Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) In this
section —
“relevant record” means a record
that —
(a)
contains information about the storage, handling, transport, possession,
supply, use or distribution of organisms, agricultural products, potential
carriers, chemical products, animal feed or fertilisers; or
(b) is
required to be kept under this Act; or
(c)
contains information that is relevant to a contravention of this Act.
(2) For inspection
purposes an inspector may do all or any of the following —
(a)
direct a person who has the custody or control of a record to give the
inspector the record or a copy of it;
(b)
direct a person who has the custody or control of a record, computer or thing
to make or print out a copy of the record or to operate the computer or thing;
(c)
operate a computer or other thing on which a record is or may be stored;
(d)
direct a person who is or appears to be in control of a record that the
inspector suspects on reasonable grounds is a relevant record to give the
inspector a translation, code, password or other information necessary to gain
access to or interpret and understand the record;
(e) take
extracts from or make copies of, or download or print out, or photograph or
film, a record that the inspector suspects on reasonable grounds is a relevant
record;
(f)
seize and retain, for so long as is necessary for the purposes of this Act, a
computer or other thing on which a record is or may be stored;
(g)
seize a record that the inspector suspects on reasonable grounds is a relevant
record and retain it for as long as is necessary for the purposes of this Act;
(h) take
reasonable measures to secure or protect a record, or computer or other thing
on which a record is or may be stored, against damage or unauthorised removal
or interference.
(3) If an inspector
seizes or is given a record, the inspector must if practicable allow a person
who otherwise has custody or control of it to have reasonable access to it.