Western Australian Current Acts

SWAN AND CANNING RIVERS MANAGEMENT ACT 2006 - SECT 108

108 .         Records, powers to obtain

        (1)         In this section —

        relevant record means a record that —

            (a)         is required to be kept under this Act; or

            (b)         contains information that is relevant to a contravention of this Act.

        (2)         For investigative purposes an inspector may do all or any of the following —

            (a)         direct a person who has the custody or control of a record to give the inspector the record or a copy of it;

            (b)         direct a person who has the custody or control of a record, computer or thing to make or print out a copy of the record or to operate the computer or thing;

            (c)         operate a computer or other thing on which a record is or may be stored;

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

            (e)         take extracts from or make copies of, or download or print out, or photograph or film, a record that the inspector suspects on reasonable grounds is a relevant record;

            (f)         seize and remove, for no more than 7 days, a computer or other thing on which a record is or may be stored;

            (g)         take away a record that the inspector suspects on reasonable grounds is a relevant record and retain it for as long as is necessary for the purposes of this Act;

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

        (3)         If an inspector seizes or is given a record, the inspector must if practicable allow a person who otherwise has custody or control of it to have reasonable access to it.