Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), if an authorised officer has reasonable grounds for believing that it is necessary to do so for this Act an authorised officer may, at any time, enter premises of an employer and exercise the powers referred to in subsection (4).
(2) An authorised officer shall not enter premises under subsection (1) without the consent of the employer.
(3) An authorised officer who enters premises under subsection (1) is not authorised to remain on the premises, and a person is not required to comply with a requirement made by an authorised officer under subsection (4), if, on request by the employer, or the person in charge of the premises, the authorised officer does not produce his or her identity card.
(4) An authorised officer who enters premises under subsection (1) may—
(a) require the employer to make available for inspection records required to be kept under this Act; and
(b) make copies of, or take extracts from records referred to in paragraph (a).