Section 24
Entry into premises
of Energy Efficiency (Standards and Labelling) Act
(1)
For the purposes of ascertaining compliance to this Act, an authorised officer may, if he reasonably believes that there is a registrable
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goods in any premises other than a dwelling, enter such premises at any reasonable time.
(2)
After entering any premises under subsection (1), an authorised officer may, at the premises, exercise any or all of the following powers —
(a)
inspect and examine any registrable goods;
(b)
examine any process or procedure in connection with the testing of registrable goods;
(c)
require any person carrying on, or employed in connection with, a trade or business to produce —
(i)
any notification issued in respect of registrable goods;
(ii)
any book or document relating to registrable goods; or
(iii)
any other document or information or any other thing that he reasonably believes to be a contravention of a requirement under this Act or relevant to an offence;
(d)
take and make copies of any notification, book, document or information referred to in paragraph (c); and
(e)
if the authorised officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that, in relation to a registrable goods —
(i)
a requirement under this Act has been contravened; or
(ii)
an offence under this Act has been committed, seize and detain the registrable goods or any thing that is likely to be of value to the investigation of the contravention or offence.
(3)
A person who, without reasonable excuse —
(a)
fails to comply with a requirement made under subsection (2)(c); or
(b)
obstructs an authorised officer in the exercise of any power conferred under subsection (1) or (2),
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is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding
$2,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.