Queensland Numbered Acts

PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT AGENTS ACT 2005 No. 15 - SECT 27

(1) This section applies to an inspector who enters a workplace under section 26.

(2) For monitoring or enforcing compliance with this Act, the inspector may--

(a) inspect, photograph or film any part of the workplace or anything at the workplace; or

(b) copy a document at the workplace; or

(c) take into or onto the workplace the persons, equipment and materials the inspector reasonably requires for exercising a power under this part; or

(d) require a person at the workplace to give the inspector reasonable help to exercise the powers under paragraphs (a) to (c).

(3) When making a requirement under subsection (2)(d), the inspector must warn the person it is an offence to fail to comply with the requirement, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

(4) A person required to give reasonable help under subsection (2)(d) must comply with the requirement, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Maximum penalty for subsection (4)--14 penalty units.