New South Wales Consolidated Acts

AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY SERVICES ACT 1998 - SECT 36

36 Use of force

(1) Reasonable force may be used for the purpose of gaining entry to any land under a power conferred by this Part, but only if authorised by the Director-General in accordance with this section.

(2) The authority:

(a) must be in writing, and

(b) must be given in respect of the particular entry concerned, and

(c) must specify the circumstances that must exist before force may be used.

(3) An inspector who uses force for the purpose of gaining entry to land must promptly advise the Director-General of that fact.