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OMBUDSMAN ACT 1989 - SECT 17

Power to enter premises

    (1)     For the purposes of an investigation under this Act, the ombudsman or an authorised person may, at any reasonable time of the day, enter any place occupied by an agency and may carry on the investigation at the place.

    (2)     For the purposes of an investigation under this Act, an authorised person is entitled to inspect any documents relevant to the investigation that are kept at premises entered under this section, other than documents to which a certificate under section 11 (5) or (6) applies, at a reasonable time of the day arranged with the principal officer of the agency concerned.

    (3)     Subsection (2) shall not be taken to restrict the operation of section 11.



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