Safety in Industry Act, 1980

Powers of inspectors to take samples, etc.

53.—Where an inspector enters a factory pursuant to section 94 of the Principal Act and it appears to him to be necessary for the purpose of carrying any provision of the Acts into effect, he may do any or all of the following, namely,

(a) take a sample of the atmosphere in any part of the factory,

(b) as regards any article or substance he finds in the factory, require the occupier or any person he finds in the factory or a person appearing to him to be in possession of the article or substance, to supply without payment for test, examination or analysis, a sample thereof,

(c) take any measurement or photograph or make any tape or other electrical recording which he considers necessary for the purposes of any inspection, examination or inquiry made by him under the said section 94, and in case of a failure to comply with a requirement made under this section, the inspector concerned may take without payment for test, examination or analysis, a sample of the article or substance in relation to which the requirement was made.