Singapore legislation

Clause 93

Powers of entry and inspection — authorised officers

(1)

An authorised officer may, during normal business hours, enter and inspect any premises or conveyance which the authorised officer reasonably believes to be —

(a)

owned or occupied by a person; or

(b)

where any activity is being or has been conducted or carried on by a person,for the purpose of —

(c)

determining the person’s compliance with this Act, or any direction, notice or order issued under this Act; or

(d)

assessing whether the practices of the person are in compliance with an applicable code of practice.

(2)

For the purposes of subsection (1), the authorised officer may do all or any of the following:

(a)

inspect or examine any thing or observe any activity conducted in or on the premises or conveyance;

(b)

make a still or moving image or recording of the premises or conveyance and any thing in or on the premises or conveyance;

(c)

(d)

inspect and make copies of or take extracts from, or require the occupier or any person having the management or control of the premises or conveyance to provide copies of or extracts from, health information about any individual in the possession or under the control of the occupier or person, even though the prior consent of that individual has not been obtained;

(e)

take into or onto the premises or conveyance any equipment and material that the authorised officer requires for the purpose of exercising any power under this Act in relation to the premises or conveyance;

(f)

operate electronic equipment in or on the premises or conveyance.

(3)

The power under subsection (2)(f) to operate electronic equipment in or on any premises or conveyance includes the power —

(a)

to use a disk, tape or other storage device that is in or on the premises or conveyance and can be used with the equipment or in association with the equipment;

(b)

to operate electronic equipment in or on the premises or conveyance to put the relevant data in documentary form and remove the documents so produced from the premises or conveyance; and

(c)

to operate electronic equipment in or on the premises or conveyance to transfer the relevant data to a disk, tape or other storage device that —

(i)

is brought to the premises or conveyance for the exercise of the power; or

(ii)

is in or on the premises or conveyance and the use of which for that purpose has been agreed in writing by the occupier of the premises or conveyance,and to remove the disk, tape or other storage device from those premises or that conveyance.

(4)

Any individual who is present at any premises or conveyance mentioned in subsection (1) must render all assistance and cooperation to an authorised officer as are necessary for an entry or inspection or otherwise for the exercise of his or her powers under this Act in relation to those premises or that conveyance.

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