New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

DENTISTS ACT 1989 - SECT 59

59 Appointment and powers of inspectors

(1) The Director-General may from time to time appoint an inspector or inspectors and such other officers as the Director-General may think fit for the purposes of this Act.

(2) For the purpose of ascertaining:

(a) whether any provision of this Act or of the regulations has been or is being contravened by any dentist, or

(b) whether a dentist is so conducting himself or herself as to be guilty of professional misconduct,

an inspector may enter any premises in which the dentist is carrying on the practice of dentistry and may make such inquiries as the inspector thinks fit.

(3) An inspector may apply to an authorised justice for a search warrant if the inspector has reasonable grounds for believing that a provision of this Act or the regulations has been or is being contravened in any premises.

(4) An authorised justice to whom an application is made under subsection (3) may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so, issue a search warrant authorising an inspector named in the warrant:

(a) to enter the premises, and

(b) to make such inquiries in the premises as the inspector thinks fit.

(5) Part 3 of the Search Warrants Act 1985 applies to a search warrant issued under this section.

(6) A person must not wilfully delay or obstruct an inspector in the exercise of the inspector’s powers under this section.

(7) In this section, "authorised justice" has the same meaning as in the Search Warrants Act 1985 .