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Version date: 25 May 2018 - onwards
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130. Powers of authorised officers

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

(a) subject to subsection (6), enter, at any reasonable time, any place -

(i) where any activity connected with the processing of personal data takes place,

(ii) where the authorised officer has reasonable grounds for believing any activity connected with the processing of personal data takes place, or

(iii) at which the authorised officer has reasonable grounds for believing documents, records, statements or other information relating to the processing of personal data is being kept,

(b) search and inspect the place and any documents, records, statements or other information found there,

(c) require any person at the place, being a controller or processor, or an employee or agent of either of them, to produce to him or her any documents or records relating to the processing of personal data which are in that person's power or control and, in the case of information in a non-legible form, to reproduce it in a legible form, and to give to the authorised officer such information as he or she may reasonably require in relation to any entries in such documents or records,