Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CHEMICAL WEAPONS (PROHIBITION) ACT 1994 - SECT 34

  (1)   A reference in this Division to an inspection power is a reference to a power to:

  (a)   search a declared facility; or

  (b)   inspect or examine a matter or thing; or

  (c)   take samples of a matter or thing; or

  (d)   measure a matter or thing; or

  (e)   examine a document (including a record kept in accordance with the requirements of this Act, the regulations or the condition of a permit); or

  (f)   take extracts from, or make copies of, a document (including a record of a kind referred to in paragraph   ( e)); or

  (g)   operate any equipment, including electronic equipment, located at the facility if the national inspector believes, on reasonable grounds, that the equipment can be operated without damaging it.

  (2)   A power referred to in paragraph   ( 1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (g) may only be exercised in a manner that the national inspector believes, on reasonable grounds, to be in accordance with safety procedures applicable at the facility.