Cap. 644 ст. 31Powers of Executive Head and authorised officers.

(1) For the purposes of this Act, the Executive Head or an officer of the Agency authorised by him shall have the power, at any reasonable time:

(a) to enter and to inspect any area or premises in the execution of his functions under this Act;

(b) without prejudice to any obligation of professional secrecy under any other law, to require any person to answer any question and, or produce any records under that person’s control concerning any activities relating to this Act carried out in any area or premises;

(c) to inspect, to extract, or to take any copy of any record relevant to the administration of this Act;

(d) to give any order under this Act that he may deem necessary;

(e) to refer any matter to the Board of the Agency.

(2) An authorised officer shall, when exercising a power delegated to him by the Executive Head under the provisions of this Act:

(a) provide an identification document issued by the Agency when requested by the owner or administrator of any area or premises under inspection; and

(b) give reasonable notice, unless such notice would defeat the objective of the intended exercise or inspection.

(3) The Executive Head and any officer of the Agency authorised by him, while exercising any power under this Act, may request the assistance of a police officer or of any other person as they may require.