Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Before seeking the consent of the occupier of premises for section 31 (2) (a), an inspector must inform the occupier that the occupier may refuse to consent.
(2) If the inspector obtains the occupier's consent for those purposes, the inspector must ask the occupier to sign a written acknowledgment—
(a) that the occupier has been informed that the occupier may refuse to give consent, for section 31 (2) (a), for the inspector to enter the occupier's premises and to exercise any power under section 34; and
(b) that the occupier has given the inspector the consent; and
(c) of the day and time when the consent was given.
(3) If it is material, in any proceeding, for a court to be satisfied that an occupier has consented for section 31 (2) (a), and an acknowledgment, in accordance with subsection (2), signed by the occupier, is not produced in evidence, it must be presumed that the occupier did not consent, but the presumption is rebuttable.