Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) An authorised officer may, without warrant, enter during buisiness hours any business premises of:
(a) an employer in the relevant designated sector; or
(b) a person suspected on reasonable grounds of being an employer in the relevant designated sector.
(2) On entering the premises, an authorised officer may do any of the following:
(a) inspect or examine the premises and anything on the premises;
(b) make inquiries of a person present on the premises;
(c) search the premises and anything found there;
(d) inspect any operations or activities conducted on the premises;
(e) take photographs and make sketches or other records;
(f) make recordings in any medium, including audio, visual and audio-visual recordings;
(g) operate or test any equipment;
(h) examine or test any infrastructure or other thing.
(3) An authorised officer may do any of the following:
(a) require a person on premises entered under subsection (1) to give the authorised officer reasonable assistance to perform or exercise the authorised officer's functions or powers including:
(i) to operate any computer or other equipment; and
(ii) to provide any access or assistance to access any computer or other equipment or any service;
(b) require a person to produce any document that may be relevant to activities in the relevant designated sector, or a copy of such a document, for inspection;
(c) inspect and take copies of a document;
(d) require a person to provide the person's name, address and date of birth and evidence of these if:
(i) the person is on, or in the vicinity of, premises that may be inspected under this section; or
(ii) the authorised officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the person is the owner or occupier of any such premises; or
(iii) the authorised officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the person is under investigation for a suspected contravention of this Act;
(e) require a person at the premises to answer reasonable questions related to an inspection of the premises;
(f) authorise a person to provide assistance to an authorised officer in the performance or exercise of the authorised officer's functions or powers;
(g) do any other act or thing necessary for, or incidental to, the exercise of a power mentioned in this section.
(4) Without limiting any other power, if an authorised officer is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence against this Act was, is being or is about to be committed, the authorised officer may (without warrant), and with the assistance the authorised officer thinks necessary:
(a) seize or secure any thing the authorised officer believes, on reasonable grounds, was, is being or is about to be used in connection with the commission of the offence; and
(b) take any other action reasonably necessary to prevent the commission of an offence against this Act.
(5) An entry may be made under subsection (1) with, or without, the consent of the owner or occupier of the premises.
(6) An authorised officer may use reasonable force in exercising a power under subsection (1), (2) or (4).
(7) In this section:
"business premises "does not include any part of the premises used exclusively for residential purposes.
"premises "includes land on which the premises are located.