31K.—(1) The Board may, in writing, appoint a member or an employee of the Board, a public officer or any other person as an investigator, subject to such conditions and limitations as the Board may specify, to investigate the commission of an offence under this Act.
(2) An investigator may, for the purposes of subsection (1) —
(a)
by order in writing require any person —
(i)
to furnish any information within the person’s knowledge;
(ii)
to produce any document or other record, or any article or thing which may be in the person’s custody or possession and which may be related to or be connected with the subject matter of the investigation for inspection by the investigator and for making copies, or to provide copies of such document or other record; and
(iii)
if necessary, to attend at a specified time and place for the purpose of complying with sub‑paragraph (i) or (ii);
(b)
by order in writing require the attendance before the investigator of any person who, from any information given or otherwise, appears to be acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the matter under investigation; and
(c)
examine orally any person apparently acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the matter under investigation, and to reduce into writing the answer given or statement made by that person who is bound to state truly the facts and circumstances with which the person is acquainted, and the statement made by that person must be read over to the person and must, after correction, be signed by the person.
(3) An investigator may apply to a Magistrate for a search warrant relating to any premises if the investigator has reasonable cause to believe that evidence of the commission of an offence under this Act can be found in the premises.
(4) The Magistrate may issue a search warrant if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to do so.
(5) A search warrant issued under subsection (4) authorises the investigator to whom it is directed to enter and search the premises referred to in the warrant and to do all or any of the following:
(a)
inspect and make copies of and take extracts from, or require the person or the person having the management or control of the premises to provide copies of or extracts from, any document, record or electronic material relating to the affairs of the premises or services provided at the premises;
(b)
take such photographs or video recording as the investigator thinks necessary to record the premises or part of the premises, including any instrument, article, document or record found on the premises;
(c)
seize and remove from the premises any record, document, or any other material which the investigator reasonably believes to be the subject matter of, or to be connected with, an investigation under subsection (1).
(6) Any person who —
(a)
intentionally offers any resistance to or wilfully delays an investigator in the exercise of any power under subsection (2) or pursuant to a search warrant issued under subsection (4); or
(b)
fails to comply with any requisition or order of an investigator under subsection (2),
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.