Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 No 40
Historical version for 1 December 2006 to 3 December 2006 (accessed 25 May 2013 at 01:01) Repealed version

59   General powers available on entry

For the purposes of this Act or the regulations, an inspector who enters premises under this Division may do any of the following:
(a)  make searches, inspections, examinations and tests (and take photographs and make video and audio recordings),
(b)  take for analysis a sample of any substance or thing which in the inspector’s opinion may be, or may contain or be contaminated by, a substance (or a degradation product of a substance) that is a risk to health,
(c)  in the case of an inspector who is a medical practitioner, carry out medical examinations with the consent of the person proposed to be examined,
(d)  carry out biological tests in such manner and in such circumstances as may be prescribed by the regulations,
(e)  require any person in or about those premises to answer questions or otherwise furnish information,
(f)  require the occupier of those premises to provide the inspector with such assistance and facilities as is or are reasonably necessary to enable the inspector to exercise the inspector’s functions,
(g)  require the production of and inspect any documents in or about those premises,
(h)  take copies of or extracts from any such documents,
(i)  exercise all other functions that are conferred by, or are reasonably necessary for the purposes of, this Act or the regulations.
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