New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW (NSW) - SECT 374

374 Investigator's power to enter premises--trust records investigations, compliance audits and complaint investigations

(1) For the purpose of carrying out a trust records investigation, compliance audit or complaint investigation, an investigator may enter and remain on premises to exercise the powers in section 375.

(2) The investigator may enter premises--

(a) with the consent of the occupier; or

(b) under the authority of a search warrant issued under this Part; or

(c) in the case of non-residential premises--without the consent of the occupier and without a warrant, but only if--

(i) the investigator believes, on reasonable grounds, that it is urgently necessary to do so in order to prevent the destruction of or interference with relevant material; and

(ii) the designated local regulatory authority in the particular case has authorised the investigator (orally or in writing) to do so.