Appeals
46.(1) The decisions of the Authority in exercising its powers and performing its functions
under this Act shall be final and conclusive on questions of fact.
(2) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Authority on any question of law may appeal
to the High Court with the leave of that Court.
(3) An application for leave to appeal shall be filed with the High Court within 10 days from
the date on which a copy of the decision of the Authority was served on the applicant.
Evidence
47.(1) A document appearing to be signed by the Minister or the Authority shall be evidence of
the official character of the person appearing to have signed it and, in the case of the Authority,
of its issuance by the Authority and, if the document appears to be a copy of a decision or
report, shall be evidence of its contents.
(2) A copy of a document submitted to the Authority and appearing to be certified as a true
copy by the Authority shall be evidence of the original, of its submission to the Authority, of the
date of its submission, and of the signature of any person appearing to have signed it.
(3) A certificate appearing to be signed by the Authority and bearing the Authority’s seal shall
be evidence of its contents without proof of the signature.
Appointment of Inspectors
48.(1) The Authority may appoint or designate Inspectors for the purposes of verifying
compliance with this Act and with the decisions of the Authority.
(2) An Inspector shall be provided with a certificate of identity, which shall be presented at the
request of any person appearing to be in charge of any place entered by the Inspector.
Powers of Inspector
49.(1) Subject to subsection (2), an Inspector may –
(a) enter and inspect, at any reasonable time, any place owned by or under the control of an
operator in which the Inspector believes on reasonable grounds there is any document,
information, equipment, or thing relevant to the enforcement of this Act, and examine the
document, information, equipment, or thing or remove it for examination or reproduction,
as the case may be;
(b) enter any place on which the Inspector believes on reasonable grounds there is any radio
apparatus or interference-causing equipment, and examine any radio apparatus or
interference-causing equipment, logs, books, reports, data, records, documents, or other
papers, and remove such information, document, apparatus, equipment, or thing for
examination or reproduction, as the case may be;
(c) make use of or cause to be made use of, any data processing system at the place, to
examine any data contained in or available to the system;
(d) reproduce or cause to be reproduced any record from the data in the form of a print-out or
other intelligible output, and take the print-out or other output for examination or copying;
and
(e) make use of any copying equipment or means of communication located at the place.
(2) Where a place referred to in subsection (1) is a dwelling-house, an Inspector shall not enter
that dwelling-house without the consent of the occupier, except –
(a) under the authority of a warrant issued under section 50; or
(b) where, by reason of special circumstances, it would not be practical for the Inspector to
obtain a warrant.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2)(b), special circumstances include circumstances in
which the delay arising from obtaining a warrant would result in danger to human life or safety
or the loss or destruction of evidence.
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