New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1987 - SECT 83

83 Entry without warrant into certain premises

(1) For the purpose of inspecting any premises subject to inspection under section 82, an authorised officer may at any time, without any authority other than that conferred by this subsection, enter the premises and inspect them and observe and converse with any person apparently residing there.

(2) In exercising the powers conferred by subsection (1), an authorised officer may be accompanied:

(a) by a medical practitioner, or

(b) by a member of the police force,

or both, and any such medical practitioner may inspect the premises and observe, examine and converse with any person apparently residing there.

(3) Nothing in subsection (2) authorises:

(a) the examination of a child in contravention of section 20 or 21, or

(b) the examination of any other person against that person’s will.