Section 95: Inspectors.

(1) The Commission may appoint persons employed by it to be inspectors for the purposes of this Act and shall furnish each person so appointed with a certificate stating that he has been appointed as an inspector.
(2) The inspectors shall, in addition to any other functions that may be assigned to them by the Commission, be responsible for inspecting undertakings to ensure the safety of operations and to investigate accidents.
(3) Subject to subsection (6) of this section, an inspector or a police officer may, at all reasonable times, enter the premises:
(a) of a licensee; or
(b) of any other person whereon he has reasonable cause to suspect an offence against this Act has been committed and shall have power to make such examination, inspection and inquiry and do such things as may appear to him necessary for ascertaining whether compliance has been made with this Act.
(4) Subject to subsection (6) of this section, all books, records, accounts and documents required to be kept by a licensee in terms of this Act shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times by an inspector or by a police officer.
(5) Subject to subsection (6) of this section, an inspector may inspect, at all reasonable times, a station or other equipment or apparatus or premises worked or used by or in the possession or under the control of a licensee.
(6) The powers of entry and inspection conferred by this section shall only be exercised in accordance with the consent of the person in charge of the premises concerned or in accordance with a search warrant issued by a magistrate having jurisdiction over such premises, upon an application made to such a magistrate by an individual appointed for such a purpose by the Commission.
(7) An inspector, or a police officer exercising powers conferred upon him by a search warrant issued under subsection (6) of this section, may seize any equipment, apparatus, book, record or document which he has reasonable cause to suspect will afford evidence of the commission of an offence against this Act and may retain it for so long as may be necessary for the purpose of any examination, investigation, trial or inquiry.
(8) An inspector shall, on demand by any person affected by the exercise of the powers conferred upon him by this section, exhibit the certificate issued to him under subsection (1) of this section.