New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING AND STARR-BOWKETT SOCIETIES ACT 1998 - SECT 32

32 Entry and search-monitoring compliance

(1) An inspector may, for the purpose of finding out whether the requirements of this Act are being complied with:

(a) enter any place, and

(b) exercise the powers set out in section 34 (General powers of inspector in relation to places).

(2) An inspector must not enter a place, or exercise a power under subsection (1), unless:

(a) the place is premises occupied by a co-operative housing body or services corporation, or a body corporate related to a co-operative housing body or services corporation, and the entry is made when the premises are open for conduct of business or otherwise open for entry, or

(b) the place is premises occupied by a banker or liquidator of a co-operative housing body, or a body corporate related to a co-operative housing body, and the entry is made when the premises are open for conduct of business or otherwise open for entry, or

(c) the place is premises that are not occupied for residential purposes, the inspector believes on reasonable grounds that accounting records or other prescribed documents of, or any auditor’s working papers relating to, a co-operative housing body, or a body corporate related to a co-operative housing body, are kept or are to be found on the premises and the entry is made when the premises are open for conduct of business or otherwise open for entry, or

(d) the occupier of the place consents to the entry or exercise of the power, or

(e) a warrant under section 35 (Monitoring warrants) authorises the entry or exercise of the power.