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205: Limits on power to enter land or building
or “Rules about when and how officials can go into someone's property to check things”
You could also call this:

“The boss must give a special card to workers who can go into buildings for their job.”

The chief executive must give a written warrant to anyone they allow to enter land or buildings for them. This warrant must include a reference to this section of the law, the person’s full name, and a statement of the powers given in section 204.

If you don’t have this warrant, you’re not allowed to say that you do. It’s against the law to pretend you have a warrant when you don’t, or to pretend to be someone named in a real warrant.

If you say you have a warrant when you don’t, you can be fined up to $5,000. If you pretend to be someone named in a real warrant, you can be fined up to $50,000.

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Next up: 207: Duties of person supplied with warrant

or “When someone gets a special paper to help the boss, they must give it back and stop using it when they're not allowed anymore.”
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Part 3 Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation
Responsibilities of chief executive: Enforcement powers of chief executive

206Chief executive must supply warrant

  1. The chief executive must supply to a person authorised to enter land or buildings on behalf of the chief executive a written warrant that contains—

  2. a reference to this section; and
    1. the full name of the person; and
      1. a statement of the powers conferred by section 204.

        1. A person who does not have a warrant supplied under this section must not represent himself or herself to be the holder of a warrant.

        2. A person commits an offence if the person—

        3. fails to comply with subsection (2); or
          1. impersonates or falsely pretends to be a person named in a warrant supplied under this section.

            1. A person who commits an offence under subsection (3)(a) is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.

            2. A person who commits an offence under subsection (3)(b) is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000.

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              Notes
              • Section 206(1)(c): amended, on , by section 54(1) of the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 21).
              • Section 206(4): replaced, on , by section 54(2) of the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 21).
              • Section 206(5): inserted, on , by section 54(2) of the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 21).