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Water Services Act 2021

Standards, enforcement, and other matters - Powers of compliance officers - Power to obtain information

115: Continuation of powers of entry and inspection without search warrants

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"Compliance officers can keep checking if people follow the rules without a search warrant."

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You are a compliance officer. You have a power under section 112. If you find evidence that someone is not following the rules, you do not need a search warrant to keep using your powers. You can keep exercising your powers under section 112 without getting a search warrant under section 114. This helps you do your job to check if people are following the rules.

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Part 3Standards, enforcement, and other matters
Powers of compliance officers: Power to obtain information

115Continuation of powers of entry and inspection without search warrants

  1. A compliance officer who, in the course of exercising a power under section 112, finds evidence of contravention of any relevant legislative requirement or drinking water safety plan is not required to obtain a search warrant under section 114 to continue exercising powers under section 112.

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