Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) An inspector,
together with any person he thinks competent to assist him in making any
inspection or examination, may during normal working hours enter any
premises —
(a)
where he has reason to believe that products to which or to the containers of
which prescribed symbols are affixed are produced, prepared or kept for sale;
or
(b)
where he has reason to believe that an offence against this Act is or has been
committed.
(2) An inspector
may —
(a) take
possession or make copies or extracts of any document that appears to him to
be connected in any manner with any act or omission constituting an offence
against this Act; and
(b) take
possession of any goods or samples of goods for use as evidence in any
prosecution for an offence against this Act.
(3) If, within thirty
days of the taking, no prosecution is commenced against the person from whose
custody possession was taken of any document, goods or samples, or against the
owner thereof, the inspector shall return them forthwith.
(4) In the exercise of
his powers under this section an inspector shall conform so far as is
practicable to such reasonable requirements of the person owning or using the
premises in question as are necessary to prevent the working of the business
or the conduct of operations on the premises being obstructed.