(1) An inspector who
enters a workplace under section 163 may do all or any of the following:
(a)
inspect, examine and make inquiries at the workplace;
(b)
inspect and examine anything (including a document) at the workplace;
(c)
bring to the workplace and use any equipment or materials that may be
required;
(d) take
measurements, conduct tests and make sketches or recordings (including
photographs, films, audio, video, digital or other recordings);
(e) take
and remove for analysis a sample of any substance or thing without paying for
it;
(f)
require a person at the workplace to give the inspector reasonable help to
exercise the inspector's powers under paragraphs (a) to (e);
(g)
exercise any compliance power or other power that is reasonably necessary to
be exercised by the inspector for the purposes of this Act.
(2) A person required
to give reasonable help under subsection (1)(f) must not, without
reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with the requirement.
Maximum penalty:
(a) in
the case of an individual—$10 000;
(b) in
the case of a body corporate—$50 000.
(3) Subsection (2)
places an evidential burden on the accused to show a reasonable excuse.