Clause 38

in the section heading, replace “entry, inspection and search, etc.” with “Director‑General and authorised officers”;

in subsection (2), replace “the Director‑General or authorised officer may” with “the Director‑General or an authorised officer may”;

in subsection (2)(e), delete “and” at the end;

in subsection (2)(f), replace the full‑stop at the end with a semi‑colon;

in subsection (2), after paragraph (f), insert —“(g)make a still or moving image or recording of the premises or conveyance and any individual, activity or thing in or on the premises or conveyance;

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

operate electronic equipment in or on the premises or conveyance.”; and

after subsection (2), insert —“(2A) The power under subsection (2)(i) to operate electronic equipment in or on any premises or conveyance includes the power —

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;

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

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 —

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

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