Victorian Current Acts

ESSENTIAL SERVICES COMMISSION ACT 2001 - SECT 39Q

An inspector must not enter and search any premises under section 39P unless, before the occupier consents to the entry, the inspector has—

        (a)     produced the inspector's identification for inspection; and

        (b)     informed the occupier—

              (i)     of the purpose of the search; and

              (ii)     that the occupier may refuse to give consent to the entry and search or to the seizure of any document or computer found during the search; and

              (iii)     that the occupier may refuse to give consent to the taking of any copy or extract from a document found during the search; and

              (iv)     that the occupier may refuse to produce any document required to be produced for examination; and

              (v)     that the occupier may refuse to give consent to the making of any still or moving image, audio recording or audio visual recording; and

              (vi)     that any document or computer seized or taken during the search with the consent of the occupier may be used in evidence in a proceeding.

S. 39R inserted by No. 41/2021 s. 5.