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ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTER-TERRORISM FINANCING ACT 2006 - SECT 147 Authorised officer may enter premises by consent or under a monitoring warrant

ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTER-TERRORISM FINANCING ACT 2006 - SECT 147

Authorised officer may enter premises by consent or under a monitoring warrant

  (1)   For the purposes of determining whether the provisions of this Act, the regulations or the AML/CTF Rules have been complied with, an authorised officer may:

  (a)   enter any reporting entity business premises at any reasonable time of the day; and

  (b)   exercise the monitoring powers set out in section   148.

  (2)   An authorised officer is not authorised to enter premises under subsection   (1) unless:

  (a)   the occupier of the premises has consented to the entry and the officer has shown his or her identity card if required by the occupier; or

  (b)   the entry is made under a monitoring warrant.

Note:   Monitoring warrants are issued under section   159.

  (3)   If an authorised officer is on the premises with the consent of the occupier, the authorised officer must leave the premises if the occupier asks the authorised officer to do so.