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Powers of officers of Minister.
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24.—(1) An officer of the Minister authorised in writing by the Minister to exercise the powers conferred on an officer of the Minister by this section may do all or any of the following things, namely:
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(a) enter, inspect and examine at all reasonable times by day any premises in which wool is weighed, graded, cleansed or otherwise processed, or stored together with any plant or machinery therein;
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(b) require any person having in his possession or control any records or other documents relating to the purchase of wool by a registered buyer or by a person carrying on a business exempted for the time being under section 10 or relating to the export of wool by a licensed exporter to produce such records or other documents, and inspect, examine or copy any of them, and for those purposes enter at all reasonable times by day any premises in which he has reason to believe such records or other documents are kept.
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(2) If any person wilfully delays an officer of the Minister in the exercise of any power under this section, or fails without reasonable cause to produce any record or other document which he is required in pursuance of this section to produce or refuses without reasonable cause to give to the officer any information which such officer may reasonably require with regard to the entries in such record or document, the person shall be deemed to obstruct an officer of the Minister in the execution of his duties under this Act.
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(3) Where an officer of the Minister is obstructed in the execution of his duties under this Act the person obstructing such officer shall be guilty of an offence.
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(4) An officer of the Minister performing functions under this Act shall be furnished with a certificate of his authorisation to perform those functions, and when exercising a power or carrying out a duty under this Act shall, if so required, produce the said certificate to any person affected.
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