CHEMICAL WEAPONS (PROHIBITION) ACT 1994 - SECT 66 Announcement before entry
CHEMICAL WEAPONS (PROHIBITION) ACT 1994 - SECT 66
Announcement before entry(1) Before the national inspector executing a warrant or a person assisting the national inspector enters:
(a) a declared facility under paragraph 39(2)(b), 40(2)(b), 41(2)(b) or 42(2)(b); or
(b) a challenge inspection site under paragraph 47(2)(b); or
(c) premises under paragraph 57(1)(b);
the national inspector or person assisting the national inspector must:
(d) announce that he or she is authorised by the warrant to enter the facility, site or premises; and
(e) give any person at the premises an opportunity to allow entry into or onto the facility, site or premises.
(2) The national inspector executing a warrant or a
person assisting the national inspector is not required to comply with
subsection ( 1) if he or she believes, on reasonable grounds, that
immediate entry to the premises is required to ensure that the effective
execution of the warrant is not frustrated.