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Annual report of Research Council

21.  Section 110 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the following subsection:

"(4) The Minister must cause the report to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after receipt by the Minister.".

  22. After Part VII of the Principal Act the following Part is inserted:

"PART VIIa—INSPECTIONS

"Division 1—Inspections relating to refunds

Appointment of inspectors to monitor compliance

"119a. (1) The Managing Director may, in writing, appoint an employee of the Corporation to be an inspector for the purposes of this Division.

"(2) The Managing Director must issue to an inspector an identity card containing a recent photograph of the inspector and stating that the holder of the card is an inspector for the purposes of this Division.

Entry and inspection: monitoring compliance

"119b. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who is an inspector for the purposes of this Division may, for the purpose of finding out whether the requirements of this Act and the regulations relating to refunds have been, or are being, complied with:

  (a) enter any premises; and

  (b) exercise the powers set out in subsection (3).

"(2) An inspector must not enter any premises, or exercise any power, under subsection (1) unless:

   (a) the owner, occupier, or person apparently in charge, of the premises consents to the entry, or the exercise of the power, as the case may be; or

   (b) a warrant under section 119c authorises the entry, or the exercise of the power, as the case may be.

  "(3) The powers of an inspector who enters premises under this section are as follows:

  (a) to inspect any refund document found on the premises;

  (b) to take copies of, and make extracts from, any such document;

   (c) to require any person on the premises to make available to the inspector any refund document kept on the premises.

"(4) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a requirement made of the person under paragraph (3) (c).

  Penalty: $3,000.

"(5) It is a reasonable excuse for the purpose of subsection (4) for a person to refuse or fail to make a refund document available that making it available might tend to incriminate the person.

"(6) In this section:

  'refund document' means any book or other document relating to refunds under this Act.

Monitoring warrants: refunds

"119c. (1) A person who is an inspector for the purposes of this Division may apply to a magistrate for a warrant under this section in relation to particular premises.

"(2) A magistrate may issue a warrant if satisfied,