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NO. 17 OF 2000
PART V
INSPECTIONS
Purpose and interpretation of this Part
15.—(1) The purpose of this Part is to—
- (a) facilitate inspections by national inspectors for a compliance purpose; and
- (b) facilitate inspections by international inspectors in accordance with the Convention and any facility agreement.
(2) A reference in this section and in sections 16 and 21 to a compliance purpose is a reference to the purpose of—
- (a) determining whether the provisions of this Act and any regulations made thereunder have been or are being complied with at any premises;
- (b) determining whether the conditions applicable to a licence have been or are being complied with by the holder of a licence; or
- (c) ensuring the proper functioning at any premises of any monitoring equipment installed in the course of an international compliance inspection or under a facility agreement.
(3) A reference in sections 16, 18 and 21 to an inspection power is a reference to a power to—
- (a) search any premises;
- (b) inspect or examine a matter or thing;
- (c) take samples of a matter or thing;
- (d) measure a matter or thing;
- (e) examine a document (including a record kept in accordance with the requirements of this Act, any regulations made thereunder or the conditions of a licence);
- (f) take extracts from, or make copies of, a document (including a record of a kind referred to in paragraph (e));
- (g) interview any person working on the premises (including making sound recordings of such interviews);
