Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00022:section:346
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00022
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 346
Character Range: 564733–566672

346  Monitoring relevant premises
 (1) An authorised officer may enter relevant premises for the purposes of:
 (a) determining whether this Act has been, or is being, complied with; or
 (b) determining whether information provided for the purposes of this Act is correct.
Note: The expression this Act includes the Regulatory Powers Act as it applies in relation to this Act (see the definition of this Act in section 12).
 (2) The authorised officer may enter the premises during the business hours of the premises.
Note: For the obligations and powers of authorised officers entering premises under this section, see Division 3.
 (3) Subdivision A of Division 2 of Part 2, and section 29, of the Regulatory Powers Act apply in accordance with Part 2 of this Chapter as if:
 (a) entry to the premises were made under section 18 of the Regulatory Powers Act under a monitoring warrant; and
 (b) for the purposes of those provisions of the Regulatory Powers Act, relevant data included information relevant to deciding whether to exercise a power under this Act.
Note 1: Subdivision A of Division 2 of Part 2, and section 29, of the Regulatory Powers Act are about monitoring powers and compensation for damage to electronic equipment operated under those powers.
Note 2: Part 2 of this Chapter expands the monitoring powers under Subdivision A of Division 2 of Part 2 of the Regulatory Powers Act.
 (4) The application of Subdivision A of Division 2 of Part 2, and section 29, of the Regulatory Powers Act under subsection (3) of this section is in addition to their application under Part 2 of this Chapter.
 (5) If the relevant premises are a conveyance, an authorised officer may stop and detain the conveyance for the purpose of exercising any of the monitoring powers under Subdivision A of Division 2 of Part 2 of the Regulatory Powers Act as it applies in accordance with Part 2 of this Chapter and subsection (3) of this section.