Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00189:section:135
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00189
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 135
Character Range: 1642469–1644461

135  Inspector may enter premises

Consumer goods
 (1) If an inspector has reason to believe that:
 (a) consumer goods of a particular kind will or may cause injury to any person; or
 (b) a reasonably foreseeable use (including a misuse) of consumer goods of a particular kind will or may cause injury to any person;
the inspector may, for the purposes of ascertaining the matter referred to in paragraph (a) or (b):
 (c) enter any premises in or from which the inspector has reason to believe that a person supplies consumer goods of that kind in trade or commerce; and
 (d) exercise search‑related powers in relation to the premises.

Product related services
 (2) If an inspector has reason to believe that:
 (a) as a result of product related services of a particular kind being supplied, consumer goods of a particular kind will or may cause injury to any person; or
 (b) a reasonably foreseeable use (including a misuse) of consumer goods of a particular kind, to which product related services of a particular kind relate, will or may cause injury to any person as a result of such services being supplied;
the inspector may, for the purposes of ascertaining the matter referred to in paragraph (a) or (b):
 (c) enter any premises in or from which the inspector has reason to believe that a person supplies product related services of that kind in trade or commerce; and
 (d) exercise search‑related powers in relation to the premises.

Limitation on entry
 (3) However, the inspector is not entitled to enter premises under subsection (1) or (2) unless:
 (a) the occupier of the premises has consented to the entry and the inspector has shown his or her identity card if required by the occupier; or
 (b) the entry is made under a search warrant; or
 (c) the entry is made in circumstances in which the exercise of search‑related powers is required without delay in order to protect life or public safety.
Note: For requirements relating to the occupier's consent, see section 135H.