Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010 - SECT 135A

Search - related powers--consumer goods

  (1)   The following are the search - related powers that an inspector may exercise, under subsection   135(1), in relation to premises in or from which the inspector has reason to believe that a person supplies consumer goods of a particular kind:

  (a)   if entry to the premises is under a search warrant--the power to seize consumer goods of that kind;

  (b)   the power to inspect, handle and measure consumer goods of that kind;

  (c)   the power to take samples of consumer goods of that kind;

  (d)   the power:

  (i)   to inspect, handle and read any documents relating to consumer goods of that kind; and

  (ii)   to make copies of, or take extracts from, those documents;

  (e)   the power:

  (i)   to inspect, handle and measure equipment used in the manufacturing, processing or storage of consumer goods of that kind; and

  (ii)   if entry to the premises is under a search warrant--to seize such equipment;

  (f)   the power to make any still or moving image or any recording of:

  (i)   consumer goods of that kind; or

  (ii)   the premises; or

  (iii)   any equipment referred to in subparagraph   (e)(i).

Search - related powers--product related services

  (2)   The following are the search - related powers that an inspector may exercise, under subsection   135(2), in relation to premises in or from which the inspector has reason to believe that a person supplies product related services of a particular kind:

  (a)   the power:

  (i)   to inspect, handle and read any documents relating to services of that kind; and

  (ii)   to make copies of, or take extracts from, those documents;

  (b)   the power:

  (i)   to inspect, handle and measure equipment used to supply services of that kind; and

  (ii)   if entry to the premises is under a search warrant--to seize such equipment;

  (c)   the power to make any still or moving image or any recording of:

  (i)   any consumer goods to which product related services of that kind relate; or

  (ii)   the premises; or

  (iii)   any equipment referred to in subparagraph   (b)(i).