New South Wales Consolidated Acts

POULTRY MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 1986 - SECT 14

14 Powers of inspectors

(1) For the purpose of ascertaining whether an offence against this Act or the regulations has been committed, an inspector may:

(a) at all reasonable times, enter and remain in or on any premises if the inspector has reasonable cause to suspect that the premises are being used for the processing of batch poultry,

(b) search and inspect any such premises for the presence of, and examine, any accounts, records, books or documents relating to the processing of designated poultry on those premises or to the supply of designated poultry for processing on those premises,

(c) take extracts or notes from any such accounts, records, books or documents or take copies (by photographic or any other means) of any such accounts, records, books or documents, and

(d) require any person found in or on any such premises to produce any such accounts, records, books or documents in the possession or under the control of the person or to produce a written statement in the English language setting out particulars contained in any such accounts or records, being accounts or records that are not kept in writing, or that are not written in that language.

(2) Subsection (1) does not authorise any person to enter that part of any premises being used for residential purposes without the consent of the occupier of that part of the premises, but nothing in this subsection shall affect the power of a person to enter that part under the authority of a search warrant.

(3) A person shall not fail to comply with a requirement made under subsection (1) (d).

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.