Section 14Part 0 —
Check of regulated premises by the Chief Fuels Inspector
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The Chief Fuels Inspector shall investigate complaints of violations of this Law and, on a regular basis, make routine checks of regulated premises to ensure compliance therewith and for that purpose he (or an inspector authorised by him) shall —
(a) visit any regulated premises —
(i) in the case of a routine check, after giving at least 24 hours’ notice in writing; or
(ii) in the case of investigating a complaint, without notice,
at any time during the working hours of the particular regulated premises and inspect the regulated premises and any container, equipment, fittings, piping or appliance that he believes on reasonable grounds is or are being used or is or are likely to be used or has or have recently been used for or in connection with the supply, transfer, storage, transport, sale, handling or use of dangerous substances;
(b) without payment, take or require the manager or occupier of any regulated premises to give to him samples of substances or articles that are or that he suspects to be dangerous substances or the ingredients of such dangerous substances for examination and testing;
(c) seize any dangerous substances or any container containing such dangerous substances that he believes on reasonable grounds are or is being used or are or is likely to be used or have or has recently been used for or in connection with the supply, transfer, storage, transport, sale, handling or use of such dangerous substances where he believes on reasonable grounds that this Law has been contravened by means or in relation to those dangerous substances or that container and detain and remove to some suitable place any such dangerous substances or container so seized;
(d) require the production of any relevant documents and inspect, examine and make copies of or extracts from them or remove them to make a copy or extract; and
(e) take such photographs or audio or visual recordings as he considers necessary.
visit any regulated premises —
in the case of a routine check, after giving at least 24 hours’ notice in writing; or
in the case of investigating a complaint, without notice,
without payment, take or require the manager or occupier of any regulated premises to give to him samples of substances or articles that are or that he suspects to be dangerous substances or the ingredients of such dangerous substances for examination and testing;
seize any dangerous substances or any container containing such dangerous substances that he believes on reasonable grounds are or is being used or are or is likely to be used or have or has recently been used for or in connection with the supply, transfer, storage, transport, sale, handling or use of such dangerous substances where he believes on reasonable grounds that this Law has been contravened by means or in relation to those dangerous substances or that container and detain and remove to some suitable place any such dangerous substances or container so seized;
require the production of any relevant documents and inspect, examine and make copies of or extracts from them or remove them to make a copy or extract; and
take such photographs or audio or visual recordings as he considers necessary.
The Chief Fuels Inspector may require the operator of regulated premises or any person employed in regulated premises to comply with any written direction not inconsistent with this Law which the Chief Fuels Inspector believes on reasonable grounds is necessary to ensure the safety of persons or property.
A person who wilfully obstructs or delays the Chief Fuels Inspector in the exercise of his powers under this section commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term of one year or to both.