New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NOXIOUS WEEDS ACT 1993 - SECT 50

50 Certificates of authority

(1) A power conferred by this Act to enter premises or to do anything in or about any premises may not be exercised unless the person proposing to exercise the power is in possession of a certificate of authority and produces the certificate if required to do so by the occupier of the premises.

(2) A "certificate of authority" is a certificate (in a form approved by the Director-General) issued by a local control authority which:

(a) states that it is issued under this Act, and

(b) gives the name of the person to whom it is issued, and

(c) describes the nature of the powers conferred and the source of the powers, and

(d) states the date (if any) on which it expires, and

(e) describes the kind of premises to which the power extends, and

(f) bears the signature of the Director-General or the General Manager of a local control authority.

(3) This section does not apply to a power conferred by a search warrant.