New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SYDNEY WATER ACT 1994 - SECT 53D

53D Power of authorised persons to enter land to investigate water restriction offences

(1) If an authorised person reasonably suspects that a water restriction offence is being committed on any land (including any land used for residential purposes), the authorised person may:

(a) enter the land for the purposes of investigating the offence, and

(b) take photographs in connection with the investigation.

(2) The power conferred by this section to enter any land may not be exercised unless the authorised person:

(a) exercises the power at a reasonable time, and

(b) produces, if requested to do so by the occupier of the land, the authorised person’s identification as an authorised person.

(3) An authorised person may not, in exercising the power to enter land:

(a) enter any dwelling or enclosed structure on the land, or

(b) use any force, or

(c) remain on the land for a longer period than is reasonably necessary in the circumstances.