Section 133C — Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)

(1) An inspector may enter premises in or from which a person, in trade or commerce, supplies product related services, if the public has access to the premises at the time of entry, for the purposes of ascertaining whether:

(a) as a result of any of those product related services being supplied, any consumer goods will or may cause injury to any person; or

(b) a reasonably foreseeable use (including a misuse) of any consumer goods, to which any of those product related services relate, will or may cause injury to any person as a result of those services being supplied;

and remain on the premises for such a purpose while the public has access to the premises.

(2) While on the premises, the inspector may:

(a) take photographs of:

(i) the premises; or

(ii) equipment used to supply any of those product related services; and

(b) inspect, handle and measure such equipment; and

(c) purchase any of those product related services.

Related sections

• s 133 — Appointment of inspectors
• s 133A — Identity cards
• s 133B — Power to enter premises to which the public has access—consumer goods
• s 133D — Power to obtain information etc.
• s 133E — Self‑incrimination
• s 133F — Compliance with disclosure notices

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