Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) An authorised inspector may enter licensed premises without consent or a warrant for the following purposes:
(a) determining whether this Act has been, or is being, complied with;
(b) determining whether information provided for the purposes of this Act is correct;
(c) deciding whether to exercise a power under this Act.
Note: The expression this Act includes the Regulatory Powers Act as it applies in relation to this Act: see the definition of this Act in subsection 4(1).
(2) The authorised inspector may enter the premises during the business hours of the premises.
(3) Subdivision A of Division 2 of Part 2, and section 29, of the Regulatory Powers Act apply in accordance with Part 3 of this Chapter as if:
(a) entry to the premises was made under section 18 of that Act under a monitoring warrant; and
(b) the purposes for which section 18 of that Act permits the monitoring powers to be exercised included the purpose of deciding whether to exercise a power under this Act; and
(c) for the purposes of that Subdivision, relevant data included information relevant to deciding whether to exercise a power under this Act.
Note 1: Subdivision A of Division 2 of Part 2, and section 29, of the Regulatory Powers Act are about monitoring powers and compensation for damage to electronic equipment operated under those powers.
Note 2: Section 13L expands the monitoring powers under Subdivision A of Division 2 of Part 2 of the Regulatory Powers Act.
(4) The application of Subdivision A of Division 2 of Part 2, and section 29, of the Regulatory Powers Act under subsection (3) of this section is in addition to their application under Part 3 of this Chapter.