Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Bounty (Steel Mill Products) Act 1983 No. 125 of 1983 - SECT 18

18. (1) For the purposes of this Act, an authorized officer may, at all
reasonable times, enter-

   (a)  registered premises;

   (b)  premises where there is stored a bountiable product in respect of
        which bounty has been claimed, or, in the opinion of the authorized
        officer, is likely to be claimed or a product produced from such a
        bountiable product by the producer of the bountiable product; or

   (c)  premises where there are kept any accounts, books, documents or other
        records relating to the production, storage, sale or other disposal,
        use or intended use of a bountiable product, any product produced from
        a bountiable product by the producer of the bountiable product, any
        product used in the production of a bountiable product or any product
        from which a product used in the production of a bountiable product
        was produced,
and may-

   (d)  inspect or take stock of any product of a kind referred to in
        paragraph (c);

   (e)  inspect any process in the production of any product of a kind
        referred to in paragraph (c); and

   (f)  inspect the accounts, books, documents and other records relating to
        the production (including the cost of production), sale or other
        disposal, use or intended use of a product of a kind referred to in
        paragraph (c),
and may make and retain copies of, or take and retain extracts from, any such
accounts, books, documents and other records.

(2) The occupier or person in charge of registered premises, or of premises
referred to in paragraph (1) (b) or (c), shall provide the authorized officer
with all reasonable facilities and assistance for the effective exercise of
his powers under this section.

Penalty for contravention of this sub-section: $1,000.