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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 1997 - SECT 112 Entry of premises

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 1997 - SECT 112

Entry of premises

    (1)     An analyst may accompany an authorised officer who has entered premises under a power of entry under part 11 to conduct the tests necessary to decide whether this Act is being complied with.

    (2)     A person must not, without reasonable excuse, obstruct or hinder an analyst in the exercise of the analyst's powers under subsection (1).

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

    (3)     An analyst who enters premises under subsection (1) is not authorised to remain on the premises if, on request by the occupier or a person apparently in charge of the premises, the analyst does not produce the analyst's identity card.