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Section 140XC — Migration Act 1958: Powers of inspectors while on premises or at a place

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(1) An inspector who enters premises or a place under section 140XB may exercise one or more of the following powers while on the premises or at the place: (a) inspect any work, process or object; (b) interview any person; (c) require a person to tell the inspector who has custody of, or access to, a record or document; (d) require a person who has the custody of, or access to, a record or document to produce the record or document to the inspector either while the inspector is on the premises or at the place, or within a specified period; (e) inspect, and make copies of, any record or document that: (i) is kept on the premises or at the place; or (ii) is accessible from a computer that is kept on the premises or at the place. (2) A Fair Work Inspector who enters premises or a place under the Fair Work Act 2009 for any compliance purpose under section 706 of that Act may, for a purpose mentioned in section 140X of this Act, exercise any of the powers mentioned in subsection (1) of this section while on the premises or at the place. Note: See also sections 140XG, 140XH and 140XI (which deal with self-incrimination and produced documents etc.).

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