Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Prostitution Control Act 1994 - SECT 61K

Entry without consent or warrant

61K. Entry without consent or warrant



(1) For the purpose of monitoring compliance with this Act or the regulations,
an inspector may (with the assistance, if necessary, of another inspector or a
member of the police force) do all or any of the following-

   (a)  enter and search any premises at which a licensee is carrying on
        business at any time that the premises are open for business or
        between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.;

   (b)  seize or secure against interference anything that the Director or
        inspector believes on reasonable grounds to be connected with a
        contravention of this Act or the regulations that is found on or in
        the premises;

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

(2) An inspector must not enter or search any premises under subsection (1)
unless, before that entry, the inspector has produced his or her identity card
for inspection by the occupier of the premises.