South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts54—Power of Registrar to investigate
(1) The Registrar, or a person authorised by the Registrar, may, for the purpose of determining whether a person should be granted, or continue to hold, a licence, permit, authorisation or approval under this Act, or whether a licence, permit, authorisation or approval under this Act should be varied—
(a) require a person to do 1 or more of the following:
(i) to answer questions and, for that purpose, to be present or attend at a specified place and time as reasonably required by the Registrar;
(ii) to provide information, or to produce material for inspection, that the Registrar reasonably requires; or
(b) at any reasonable time, enter and inspect any premises; or
(c) while on premises entered under paragraph (b)
, seize anything found on the premises that the Registrar or other person acting under this section reasonably believes may assist in making the determination.
(2) The Registrar or other person acting under this section may retain any material produced or seized under this section for such reasonable period as he or she thinks fit, and make copies of the material, or any of its contents.
(3) The Registrar or other person acting under this section must not exercise the power conferred by subsection (1)(b)
in relation to any premises except with the permission of the occupier of the premises or on the authority of a warrant issued by a magistrate.
(4) A magistrate must not issue a warrant under this section unless satisfied, by information given on oath, that the warrant is reasonably required in the circumstances.
(5) A person is guilty of an offence if the person fails or refuses, without reasonable excuse, to—
(a) comply with a requirement under this section; or
(b) answer a question put by the Registrar or a person authorised by the Registrar to the best of his or her knowledge, information and belief.
Maximum penalty: $20 000 or imprisonment for 4 years.
(6) This section does not limit or affect a power of investigation or inquiry that exists apart from this section.