Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts When an inquiry is
directed by the Executive Director, Public Health to be made, the person
authorised to make the same shall have free access to all books, plans, maps,
documents, and other things belonging to any local government or any
contractor, and shall have in relation to witnesses and their examination, and
the production of documents, similar powers to those conferred upon a court of
summary jurisdiction by the Criminal Procedure Act 2004 , and may enter
and inspect any building, premises, or place, the entry or inspection whereof
appears to him requisite for the purpose of such inquiry.
[Section 14 amended by No. 28 of 1984
s. 45; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 59 of 2004 s. 141;
No. 84 of 2004 s. 78.]