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Powers of inspectors.
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27.—(1) An inspector may for the purposes of this Act do all or any of the following things:
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(a) subject to the provisions of this section, enter at all reasonable times any premises or place where he has reasonable grounds for supposing that any employee is employed in work,
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(b) make such examination or enquiry as may be necessary for ascertaining whether the provisions of this Act are complied with in respect of any employee employed in any such premises or place,
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(c) require the employer of any employee or the representative of such employer to produce to him any records which such employer is required to keep and inspect and take copies of entries in such records,
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(d) require any person whom he has reasonable cause to believe to be or to have been an employee or the employer of any employee to furnish such information as the inspector may reasonably request,
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(e) examine with regard to any matters under this Act any person whom he has reasonable cause to believe to be or to have been an employer or employee and require him to answer such questions (other than questions tending to incriminate him) as the inspector may put relative to those matters and to sign a declaration of the truth of the answers.
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(2) The powers conferred on an inspector by subsection (1) (a) of this section shall not be exercisable in respect of a private dwelling house unless the Minister (or an officer of the Minister appointed for the purpose) certifies that he has reasonable grounds for believing that an offence under this section in relation to an employee has been committed by the employer, and the inspector in applying for admission to the house produces the certificate.
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(3) If any person—
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(a) obstructs or impedes an inspector in the exercise of any of the powers conferred on him by this section,
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(b) refuses to produce any record which an inspector lawfully requires him to produce,
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(c) produces or causes to be produced or knowingly allows to be produced, to an inspector any record which is false in any material respect knowing it to be false, or
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(d) wilfully fails or refuses to comply with any lawful requirement of an inspector under subsection (1) of this section,
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such person shall be guilty of an offence.
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(4) Every inspector shall be furnished by the Minister with a certificate of his appointment and, on applying for admission to any premises or place for the purposes of this Act, shall, if so required, produce the certificate to the occupier and to any person being examined by him.
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