Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

WATER EFFICIENCY LABELLING AND STANDARDS ACT 2005 - SECT 51

  (1)   A WELS inspector may enter WELS premises and exercise the powers set out in subsection   (2) if the WELS inspector has a warrant for the entry.

Note:   Division   3 deals with applications for warrants.

  (2)   For the purposes set out in section   47, a WELS inspector who enters WELS premises under warrant may do one or more of the following:

  (a)   exercise one or more of the powers set out in subsection   49(3);

  (b)   require any person on the premises to:

  (i)   answer any questions put by the WELS inspector; and

  (ii)   produce any book, record or document requested by the WELS inspector;

  (c)   seize or secure any evidential material on the premises.

  (3)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person is required to answer a question or produce a book, record or document under paragraph   (2)(b); and

  (b)   the person does not answer the question or produce the book, record or document.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 6 months.