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150.—(1) Any person inspecting any home or other premises under Article 149 may—
(a)inspect the children there; and
(b)make such examination into the state and management of the home or premises and the treatment of the children there as he thinks fit.
(2) Any person authorised by the Department to exercise the power to inspect records conferred by Article 149(4)—
(a)shall be entitled at any reasonable time to have access to, and inspect and check the operation of, any computer and any associated apparatus or material which is or has been in use in connection with the records in question; and
(b)may require—
(i)the person by whom or on whose behalf the computer is or has been so used; or
(ii)any person having charge of, or otherwise concerned with the operation of, the computer, apparatus or material,
to afford him such reasonable assistance as he may require.
(3) A person authorised to inspect any premises under Article 149 may enter the premises for that purpose, and for any purpose specified in paragraph (4) of that Article, at any reasonable time.
(4) Any person exercising that power shall, if so required, produce some duly authenticated document showing his authority to do so.
(5) Any person who intentionally obstructs another in the exercise of that power shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
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