LIQUOR LICENSING ACT 1997 - SECT 122
LIQUOR LICENSING ACT 1997 - SECT 122
122—Powers of authorised officers
(1) An
authorised officer may, at any reasonable time, do 1 or more of the
following:
(a)
enter, remain on and inspect licensed premises (and, if entry is refused, may
employ such force as is reasonably necessary to gain entry);
(b)
require any person (whether on licensed premises or otherwise) who has
possession of books of account, records required to be kept under this Act or
any other records relevant to a business conducted under a licence, or to
transactions involving the sale or purchase of liquor, to produce those books
of account or records for inspection;
(c)
examine, copy or take extracts from such books of account or records;
(d)
remove and retain such books of account or records for so long as is
reasonably necessary for the purpose of making a copy of the book of account
or record;
(e)
require any person who is in a position to provide information relating to the
sale, purchase or supply of liquor to answer any question put by the
authorised officer on that subject;
(f)
require any such person to state his or her full name and address and date of
birth.
(3) A person
who—
(a)
hinders or obstructs an authorised officer in the exercise of powers under
this section; or
(b)
fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement of an
authorised officer under this section; or
(c)
fails, without reasonable excuse, to answer, to the best of the person's
knowledge, information and belief, a question put by an authorised officer; or
(d)
falsely represents that he or she is an authorised officer,
is guilty of an offence.
(4) A person may
decline to answer a question put under this section if the answer would tend
to incriminate the person of an offence.
(6) In this
section—
"authorised officer" means—
(a) the
Commissioner; or
(b) an
inspector; or
(c) a
police officer.