Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) An eligible authority's inspecting entity--
(a) must inspect the eligible authority's records as required under section 23 to ascertain the extent of compliance by the authority's officers with sections 14 to 16 and 18 to 20; and
(b) must report in writing to the Minister about the results of the inspections; and
(c) may do anything necessary or convenient for the performance of the functions mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b).
(2) However, a person who performs a function or exercises a power under part 2 in relation to a particular application by an eligible authority for a warrant must not undertake an inspection of the eligible authority's records for the purpose mentioned in subsection (1)(a) in relation to a record of the eligible authority that relates to the application.
(3) If the PIM is unable, under subsection (2), to undertake an inspection of the eligible authority's records in relation to a record of the eligible authority that relates to a particular application, the inspection must be undertaken by a deputy PIM nominated by the PIM and for the purposes of the inspection--
(a) the deputy PIM is not acting under a delegation of the PIM; and
(b) the deputy PIM is taken to be the inspecting entity.
(4) A deputy PIM must, if asked by a person affected by the exercise of a power by the deputy PIM under this part, produce the instrument of nomination, or a copy of the instrument, for the person's inspection.