Employment Relations Act 2000

General provisions - Powers

230: Entry of dwellinghouses

You could also call this:

"Labour Inspectors need your okay or a warrant to enter your home"

A Labour Inspector cannot enter your home unless you give them permission. You are in control of who enters your home. The Labour Inspector can also enter your home if they have a warrant issued under section 231.

If a Labour Inspector wants to enter your home, they must have your consent or a warrant. You have the right to say no to a Labour Inspector entering your home. The Labour Inspector must follow the rules, such as getting a warrant under section 231, if you do not give them permission.

A Labour Inspector can enter your home under section 229 or section 229A if they have your consent or a warrant. You can give a Labour Inspector permission to enter your home. They can also get a warrant under section 231 to enter your home.

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Part 11General provisions
Powers

230Entry of dwellinghouses

  1. No Labour Inspector may, under section 229 or 229A, enter in or be on any dwellinghouse unless he or she either—

  2. has the consent of an occupier of that dwellinghouse; or
    1. is authorised to do so by a warrant issued under section 231.
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      Notes
      • Section 230: amended, on , by section 6 of the Regulatory Systems (Workforce) Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 63).