Section 41 (TAA) – Authorisation for SARS official to conduct audit or criminal investigation

41.  Authorisation for SARS official to conduct audit or criminal investigation

 

(1)     A senior SARS official may grant a SARS official written authorisation to conduct a field audit or criminal investigation, as referred to in Part B.

 

(2)     When a SARS official exercises a power or duty under a tax Act in person, the official must produce the authorisation.

 

(3)     If the official does not produce the authorisation, a member of the public is entitled to assume that the official is not a SARS official so authorised.