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Water Services Act 2021

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

116: Conditions of entry, search, and seizure

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"Rules for inspectors to follow when entering a property"

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When you are a compliance officer, you must make sure any equipment you take into a place is free from contamination and in good working order. You must take all reasonable steps to ensure this happens. Section 110(e) of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 also applies to you.

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

116Conditions of entry, search, and seizure

  1. A compliance officer must take all reasonable steps to ensure that any equipment the officer has taken into a place is—

  2. free from contamination; and
    1. in good working order.

      1. Section 110(e) of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 applies.

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