ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 125 Powers on entry

ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 125

    (1)     On exercising a power of entry under this Division, an enforcement officer may—

        (a)     search the land or premises and anything found at the land or premises;

        (b)     inspect and take photographs (including video recordings), or make sketches, of the land or premises or anything on the land or premises;

        (c)     inspect, and make copies of, or take extracts from, any document kept on the land or premises;

        (d)     seize anything on the land or premises the enforcement officer believes on reasonable grounds that it is necessary to seize in order to prevent its concealment, loss or destruction;

        (e)     examine, test and, if necessary, disconnect, seize and remove or otherwise make safe any electrical equipment, electrical installation or electrical installation work that the enforcement officer considers unsafe or does not comply with this Act or the regulations or was involved in a serious electrical incident.

    (2)     If an enforcement officer is unable to ascertain the identity of the owner or custodian of anything seized, the enforcement officer must—

        (a)     leave a receipt with, or post it to, the owner or occupier of the land or premises from which the thing was seized; and

        (b)     if a document is seized, leave a copy of the document, if practicable, with, or post it to, the owner or occupier of the land or premises from which the document was seized.