(1)  A person (an assistant ), including an interpreter, may accompany the Regulator upon entering premises under section 19 or section 25 to assist the Regulator if the Regulator considers the assistance is necessary.

(2)  An assistant –

(a) may do the things at the premises, and in the manner that the Regulator reasonably requires, to assist the Regulator to perform the functions and exercise the powers of the Regulator; and

(b) must not do anything that the Regulator does not have the power to do, unless permitted to do so under a search warrant.

(3)  Anything done lawfully by the assistant is taken for all purposes to have been done by the Regulator.