Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00241:front:0:p17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00241
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 43164–45979

6 – Inspection and auditing of compliance records
25 Availability of compliance records for inspection
  The manufacturer or importer of an item must ensure that the compliance records in relation to the item are available for inspection by the ACMA upon request.
26 Authorised officer may require documents, material or information
 (1) An authorised officer may, by written notice, require the manufacturer or importer of an item to produce specified documents or material, or to give specified information, in relation to the item to the officer for the purposes of investigating compliance with the provisions of this Instrument.
 (2) If a declaration of conformity is required by a notice under subsection (1), the manufacturer or importer must produce the declaration within five working days after the day the notice is received.
 (3) If a document (other than a declaration of conformity), material or information is required by a notice under subsection (1), the manufacturer or importer must produce the document or material, or give the information, within 10 working days, or such longer period as is specified in writing by the authorised officer, after the day the notice is received.
 (4) An authorised officer may only specify a longer period under subsection (3) if the manufacturer or importer has requested in writing a longer period for compliance with the notice.
 (5) After receiving any document, material or information from the manufacturer or importer in response to a notice under subsection (1), the authorised officer must give the manufacturer or importer a receipt.
 (6) The authorised officer may make and retain copies of the whole or any part of the any document or material received in response to a notice under subsection (1).
 (7) The authorised officer must return the original of any document or material received in response to a notice under subsection (1) to the manufacturer or importer as soon as practicable and, in any case, not more than 60 days after receiving the document or material.
27 Authorised officer may require an endorsed test report or statement
 (1) If an authorised officer has reason to believe that items included, or claimed to be included, in a class of items do not comply with an applicable technical standard in relation to the items, the authorised officer may, by written notice given to the manufacturer or importer of the items, require the manufacturer or importer to produce to the officer:

              (a) an endorsed test report stating whether three, or fewer than three, of the items comply with the applicable technical standard; or

               (b) a written statement prepared by a certification body stating whether three, or fewer than three, of the items comply with the applicable technical standard.
 (2) The manufacturer