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On 23/05/2013, you requested for the version in force on 23/05/2013 incorporating all amendments published on or before 23/05/2013. The closest version currently available is that of 02/02/1996.
Amendment of section 16
7.  Section 16 of the principal Act is amended —
(a)
by inserting, immediately after the word “therein” at the end of subsection (1)(a), the words “or accommodated thereat or that evidence of the commission of an offence under this Act can be found therein”;
(b)
by deleting the words “of the employment of any person” in the second and third lines of subsection (1)(d) and substituting the words “relevant to the carrying out of the provisions of this Act”;
(c)
by deleting the words “concerning the employment” in the seventh and eighth lines of subsection (1)(d);
(d)
by deleting the words “of the employment of any person” in the fourth and fifth lines of subsection (1)(e) and substituting the words “relevant to the carrying out of the provision of this Act”;
(e)
by deleting paragraph (f) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:
(f)
to take such photographs as he thinks necessary of the premises and persons reasonably believed to be acquainted with the facts and circumstances relevant to the carrying out of the provisions of this Act; and”;
(f)
by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:
(2)  An employment inspector may require the occupier of any premises and his agents and any person found in the premises to furnish such means required by the employment inspector as necessary for any entry, search, examination or investigation, and the taking of photographs or the taking of articles into custody or otherwise for the exercise of his powers under this Act.”; and
(g)
by inserting, immediately after the word “premises” in the eighth line of subsection (4), the words “or who is the principal contractor”.