(1) Every inspector shall have power at any reasonable times--
(a) to enter,
inspect and examine the premises of any employer or any premises in which the
inspector has reasonable cause to believe that any person is employed,
(b) to
require an employer to produce, at such time and place as the inspector may
specify, the holiday record required to be kept under this Act,
(c) to make
such examination and inquiry as may be necessary to ascertain whether the
provisions of this Act have been complied with,
(d) to exercise all other
powers that may be necessary to ensure the carrying out of the provisions of
this Act.
(2) No inspector shall have any authority under this Act to enter
those portions of a building which are used exclusively for the purposes of a
private dwelling.
(3) Where a worker claims that an employer has not paid the
full amount of any remuneration or payment which has become due to the worker
under this Act, an inspector may, by notice in writing served personally or by
post, require the employer to deliver or to send by post to the inspector,
within such time and to such place as are specified in the notice--
(a) a copy
of such specified part of the holiday record required to be kept under this
Act, and
(b) such other information of a specified kind relating to that
remuneration or payment,
as the inspector considers necessary in order to
investigate the claim.
(4) A public servant authorised in that behalf by the
Under Secretary of the Department of Industrial Relations may exercise the
power conferred on an inspector by subsection (3).
