Western Australian Current Acts

CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 241F

241F .         Additional powers for relevant records

                An authorised officer or industrial inspector may, for an authorised purpose, do any of the following —

            (a)         operate a computer or other thing on which the officer or inspector suspects on reasonable grounds a relevant record is or may be stored or direct a person who has the custody or control of the computer or thing to do so;

            (b)         direct (orally or in writing) a person who is or appears to be in control of a record or document that the officer or inspector suspects on reasonable grounds is a relevant record to give the officer or inspector a translation, code, password or other information necessary to gain access to or interpret and understand the record or document;

            (c)         make a copy of or take an extract from, or download or print out, or photograph or film, a record or document that the officer or inspector suspects on reasonable grounds is a relevant record;

            (d)         seize a record or document that the officer or inspector suspects on reasonable grounds is a relevant record and retain it for as long as is necessary for the purposes of this Act;

            (e)         seize a computer or other thing on which the officer or inspector suspects on reasonable grounds a relevant record is or may be stored and retain it for as long as is necessary for the purposes of this Act;

            (f)         take reasonable measures to secure or protect a relevant record, or computer or other thing on which a relevant record is or may be stored, against damage or unauthorised removal or interference.

        [Section 241F inserted: No. 18 of 2021 s. 72.]