(1) For this division, a police officer or authorised person may, at any reasonable time, enter approved premises.
(2) The police officer or authorised person may—
(a) inspect records in the premises relating to inspections and tests of vehicles carried out at the premises for this Act; and
(b) inspect the premises; and
(c) inspect or test any equipment in the premises used or proposed to be used in, or in relation to, the inspection and testing of vehicles for this Act.
Note A reference to an Act includes a reference to the statutory instruments made or in force under the Act, including any regulation (see Legislation Act
, s 104).
(3) For subsection (2) (a), the police officer or authorised person may—
(a) require the person apparently in charge of the premises, or anyone else who has the custody or control of the records, to produce them to the police officer or authorised person for inspection; and
(b) make copies of, or take extracts from, a record and, for that purpose, may take possession of the record and, if necessary, keep it for not longer than 7 days.
(4) For subsection (2) (c), the police officer or authorised person may do any 1 or more of the following:
(a) operate any equipment in the premises;
(b) require the person apparently in charge of the premises to give the police officer or authorised person any information the police officer or authorised person reasonably needs to inspect or test any equipment in the premises;
(c) require the person apparently in charge of the premises to do anything else the police officer or authorised person reasonably needs to inspect or test any equipment in the premises.
(5) A person must take all reasonable steps to comply with a requirement made of the person by a police officer or authorised person under this section.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(6) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
(7) An authorised person who
enters approved premises under this section is not authorised to remain on the
premises if, when asked by the person in charge of the premises, the
authorised person does not produce his or her identity card for inspection.