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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 12 Hansard (13 November) . . Page.. 4193 ..

(b) require the occupier or a person on the premises to do any of the following:

(i) answer questions or furnish information;

(ii) make available any record or other document kept on the premises;

(iii) provide reasonable assistance to the officer in relation to the exercise of his or her powers under this section.

Procedure where samples taken

93B. Where an authorised officer takes a sample under section 92A or 93, the officer shall -

(a) divide the sample into 3 parts;

(b) place each of those parts in a separate container and seal each container;

(c) attach to each container a label bearing the signature of the authorised officer and particulars of the date and time when, and the place at which, the sample was taken; and

(d) deliver 1 of the 3 containers to each of the following persons:

(i) the occupier or the person apparently in charge of the premises;

(ii) an analyst;

(iii) the Authority.

Page 50, line 19, clause 97, subclause (1), omit the subclause, substitute the following subclauses:

"(1) The authorised officer shall, orally or in writing, direct another person who is present on the relevant premises to take emergency action if the authorised officer has reasonable grounds for believing that the person has the appropriate practical or technical knowledge and authority to take the action.

(1A) If the authorised officer does not have belief of the kind referred to in subsection (1), the authorised officer may take emergency action.".

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