Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Equipment (Public Safety) Act 1994 - SECT 14C

Power to take samples

14C. Power to take samples



(1) An inspector who enters a place under this Division may take (without
payment) samples of any thing at the place that may be required for analysis.

(2) If an inspector intends to take a sample, he or she must notify the site
manager of that intention.

(3) Unless it is unsafe to do so, after taking the sample the inspector must-

   (a)  divide it into as many parts as are necessary, mark, and seal or
        fasten up, each part in a way that the nature of the sample allows;
        and

   (b)  if the person who must be notified under subsection (2) requires the
        inspector to give him or her a part, give one part to that person; and

   (c)  keep one part for future comparison.

(4) If it is determined that the sample is to be analysed, the inspector must
submit another part to an analyst for that purpose.





Division 4-Procedure relating to entry