(1)  A rail safety officer may direct a person to make available for inspection by the officer at a specified time and place, or produce to the officer for inspection at a specified time and place –

(a) a document that is required to be kept by the person under the rail safety law; or

(b) a document that –

(i) is prepared by the person under the rail safety law for the management of rail infrastructure or the operation of rolling stock; and

(ii) the officer reasonably believes is necessary for the officer to consider, in order to understand or verify a document that is required to be kept under the rail safety law; or

(c) a document held by, or under the control of, the person relating to the carrying out of railway operations.

Example

A safety management system may require testing of equipment as part of a scheduled maintenance program and a record of the results of the test to be kept. If an item of equipment is tested in accordance with the safety management system, the document that states the results of the test is a document prepared under the safety management system.

(2)  When giving a direction under subsection (1) , the rail safety officer must warn the person that it is an offence to fail to comply with the direction, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

(3)  The rail safety officer may keep the document to copy it but must return the document to the person after copying it.

(4)  A person given a direction to make available, or produce, for inspection a document under subsection (1) must comply with the direction, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units; or

(b) an individual, a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.