Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) An authorised officer who enters a place under subdivision 3 may exercise any of the following powers—
(a) search any part of the place;
(b) inspect, examine, photograph or film a document or anything in the place;
(c) take extracts from, and make copies of, any document in the place;
(d) take into the place any equipment and materials the authorised officer reasonably requires for exercising a power under this division;
(e) require a person in the place to—
(i) give the authorised officer reasonable help to exercise the powers mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d); or
(ii) answer questions relevant to the investigation.
(2) When making a requirement mentioned in subsection (1)(e), the authorised officer must warn the person it is an offence to fail to comply with the requirement unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
(3) A person required to give reasonable help under subsection (1)(e)(i) or answer a question under subsection (1)(e)(ii) must comply with the requirement unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
(4) If a person is required under subsection (1)(e)(i) to give reasonable help by answering a question or producing a document, or under subsection (1)(e)(ii) to answer a question, it is a reasonable excuse if complying with the requirement might tend to incriminate the person.