South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts49—Amendment of section 104—Powers of inspectors
(1) Section
104(1)(a)—delete paragraph (a) and substitute:
(a)
enter any workplace; and
(2) Section
104(2)—delete subsection (2) and substitute:
(2) An inspector must,
when entering or as soon as practicable after entering a place under this
section, produce his or her identity card for inspection by the occupier or
person in charge of the place.
(3) Section
104—delete subsection (4) and substitute:
(4) In addition to the
powers set out in subsections (1) and (3), if an inspector has reason to
believe that a document required to be kept by an employer under this Act or
any other Act is not accessible during an inspection under
subsection (3), the inspector may, by notice in writing to an employer,
require the employer to produce the document to the inspector within a
reasonable period (of at least 24 hours) specified by the inspector.
(4a) A document
produced under subsection (3) or (4) may be retained by the inspector for
examination and copying (and, accordingly, the inspector may take it away),
subject to the qualification that the inspector must then return the document
within 7 days.
(4) Section
104(5)(a)—delete "take away a" and substitute:
retain an original
(5) Section
104(5)(b)—delete paragraph (b) and substitute:
(b) the
inspector may not retain the original of a document that is required for the
day-to-day operations of the employer (but the inspector may copy it at the
time of its production).