Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CHEMICAL WEAPONS (PROHIBITION) ACT 1994 - SECT 34

             (1)  A reference in this Division to an inspection power is a reference to a power to:

                     (a)  search a declared facility; or

                     (b)  inspect or examine a matter or thing; or

                     (c)  take samples of a matter or thing; or

                     (d)  measure a matter or thing; or

                     (e)  examine a document (including a record kept in accordance with the requirements of this Act, the regulations or the condition of a permit); or

                      (f)  take extracts from, or make copies of, a document (including a record of a kind referred to in paragraph (e)); or

                     (g)  operate any equipment, including electronic equipment, located at the facility if the national inspector believes, on reasonable grounds, that the equipment can be operated without damaging it.

             (2)  A power referred to in paragraph (1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (g) may only be exercised in a manner that the national inspector believes, on reasonable grounds, to be in accordance with safety procedures applicable at the facility.