(1) If an authorised officer enters a relevant place under this Division, the
officer may, for monitoring purposes, do any of the following (each a
"general power" )--
(a) inspect any part of the place or a vehicle at the
place;
(c) copy, or take an
extract from, a relevant document at the place;
(d) produce an image or
writing at the place from an electronic relevant document at the place or, if
it is not practicable to produce the image or writing at the place, take a
thing containing the electronic relevant document to another place to produce
the image or writing;
(f) take an extract from a relevant device at the place, including,
for example--
(i) by taking a copy of, or an extract from, a readout or other
data obtained from the device; or
(ii) by accessing and downloading
information from the device;
(g) exercise a power in relation to a heavy
vehicle at the place that the authorised officer may exercise under
section 520;
(h) take to, into or onto the place and use any persons,
equipment, materials, vehicles or other things the officer reasonably requires
for exercising the officer's powers under this section.
(2) The authorised
officer may take a necessary step to allow the exercise of a general power,
including, for example--
(a) open an unlocked door or an unlocked panel or
thing at the place; and
(b) move but not take away anything that is not
locked up or sealed
(3) For exercising a power under subsection (1)(c) or
(f), the authorised officer may use photocopying equipment at the place free
of charge.
Note--: See also sections 543 and 544 for use of particular
equipment at a place, or in a vehicle, entered under this Chapter.
(4) If the
authorised officer takes from the place a thing containing an
electronic relevant document to produce an image or writing from the document,
the image or writing must be produced, and the thing must be returned to the
place, as soon as practicable.
(5) However, if the authorised officer entered
the place under section 495(1)(a), the officer's powers under this section are
subject to the conditions of the consent.
(6) This section does not authorise
an authorised officer to use force for exercising a power under this section.
(6A) If the authorised officer is not a police officer, the officer may, for
advice purposes, provide advice, information and education.
(7) In this
section--
"electronic relevant document" means a relevant document that is an electronic
document.
"relevant device" means a device relating to a heavy vehicle and required to
be installed, used or maintained under this Law or a heavy vehicle
accreditation.
Example of a device that may be a relevant device--: a
weighing, measuring, recording or monitoring device
"relevant document" means a document relating to a heavy vehicle and required
to be kept under this Law or a heavy vehicle accreditation.
