New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SOIL CONSERVATION ACT 1938 - SECT 15

15 Power of entry

(1) The Commissioner or any officer or employee of the Service may, in the exercise of any power, authority, duty or function conferred or imposed on the Commissioner or the officer or employee by or under this Act, enter any land, and make such surveys, place such marks and carry out such investigations (including the taking of specimens of soil) as the Commissioner or the officer or employee may deem necessary.

(2) Where the exercise or performance of any power, authority, duty or function conferred or imposed upon the Commissioner or any officer or employee of the Service by or under this Act requires the making of an entry upon any land by the Commissioner or by that officer or employee, the Commissioner or that officer or employee shall be furnished with an authority card in a form approved by the Minister.
Any such authority card may be general or may be limited to specified land or to land in any specified part of the State.
Production of any such authority card shall be evidence of the authority of the bearer thereof to enter any land to which such authority card relates and to make surveys, place marks and carry out investigations thereon.

(2A) Any such authority card must contain the following information:

• a statement to the effect that the authority has been granted under this Act

• the name of the person to whom the authority has been granted

• the nature of the powers that the authority confers

• the period for which the authority has effect.

(3) Any person who:

(a) obstructs or hinders the Commissioner or any officer or employee of the Service from making any survey, placing any mark, or carrying out any investigation authorised by this section, or

(b) removes or interferes with any mark placed on land under the authority of this section,

shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 50 penalty units.