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Version date: 27 October 2022 - onwards
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27. Powers of inspectors

(1) For the purposes of this Act or a relevant enactment, an inspector may -

(a) subject to subsection (3), enter (if necessary by the use of reasonable force) at all reasonable times any place of work or any premises -

(i) that he or she has reasonable grounds for believing has been or is being used in connection with the employment of persons, or

(ii) at which he or she has reasonable grounds for believing that records or documents relating to the employment of persons are kept,

(b) at such place of work or premises, inspect and take copies of, any books, records or other documents (including books, records or documents stored in non-legible form), or extracts therefrom, that he or she finds in the course of his or her inspection,

(c) remove any such books, documents or records from such place of work or premises and retain them for such period as he or she reasonably considers to be necessary for the purposes of his or her functions under this Act,