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SUBSIDIES (LIQUOR AND DIESEL) ACT 1998 (NO. 19 OF 1998) - SECT 60

Powers of inspection

(1)     On entry to premises in accordance with this Division, a subsidy officer shall have full and free access to documents relating to any of the following matters:

        (a)     the supply of low-alcohol liquor by a registered liquor supplier;

        (b)     the receipt of low-alcohol liquor by a licensee or any other person;

        (c)     the supply of diesel by a registered diesel supplier;

        (d)     the receipt of diesel by a certified diesel user or any other person;

        (e)     the payment of duty in relation to the sale of low-alcohol liquor or diesel under a Commonwealth tax law;

        (f)     in relation to an investigation under Part VI—the administration of a subsidy law of the relevant reciprocating jurisdiction.

(2)     Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), where a subsidy officer enters premises in accordance with this Division, the officer may, if he or she considers it to be necessary or desirable for the purposes of this Act—

        (a)     require the occupier of the premises to display and print out all or part of any information (including documents referred to in subsection (1) and any other documents) stored or kept on the premises by means of a data processing device;

        (b)     take extracts from, and make copies of, any documents on the premises (including documents other than those referred to in subsection (1));

        (c)     inspect any low-alcohol liquor or diesel on the premises;

        (d)     seize any low-alcohol liquor or diesel on the premises that the subsidy officer believes on reasonable grounds to be connected with an offence against this Act;

        (e)     in relation to an investigation authorised under Part VI—

              (i)     inspect any subsidised product relevant to that investigation; or

              (ii)     seize any subsidised product that the subsidy officer believes on reasonable grounds to be connected with an offence against a subsidy law of the relevant reciprocating jurisdiction;

        (f)     subject to section 61, require any person on the premises to give the subsidy officer his or her name and address; or

        (g)     require the occupier of the premises to give the subsidy officer such assistance as is necessary and reasonable to enable the subsidy officer to exercise his or her powers under this section.



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