New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated Acts(cf 1946 No 13, s 25 (1) and (4); 1987 No 68, s 19 (4))
(1) An authorised officer may enter any place at any reasonable time for the purpose of inspecting any electrical installation in the place.
(2) An authorised officer may require:(a) any person who claims to be an authorised electrician to produce for inspection by the authorised officer, within such time as the authorised officer specifies, the person’s licence or other authority to do electrical wiring work, or(b) any person who appears to the authorised officer to be doing electrical wiring work to satisfy the authorised officer, within such time as the authorised officer specifies, that the person is not prohibited under the Home Building Act 1989 from doing that electrical wiring work.
(3) If the Director-General believes on reasonable grounds that there are in any place documents evidencing conduct in connection with an electrical installation in contravention of this Act or the regulations, an authorised officer may, with the written authority of the Director-General, enter the place, inspect any documents and make copies of them or take extracts from them.
(4) An authorised officer may not exercise the authorised officer’s functions under this section in relation to a part of any premises being used for residential purposes except:(a) with the permission of the occupier of that part of the premises, or(b) under the authority conferred by a search warrant issued under this Act.Note: Section 42 enables authorised officers to obtain search warrants to search residential premises in certain circumstances.