WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 171
Entry and investigation powers
WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 171
Entry and investigation powers
171 Entry and investigation powers
(1) A corporation may appoint a person to
act as an authorised officer of the corporation under this section. An
appointment is to be in writing and is to comply with any requirements of the
regulations.
(2) An authorised officer of a corporation may enter land at any
reasonable time if the authorised officer is reasonably of the opinion that
the landholder has contravened an irrigation, water supply, water distribution
or drainage agreement with the corporation and that it is necessary to enter
the land for the purpose of investigating that contravention.
(3) An
authorised officer who enters land under this section may exercise the powers
set out in section 339B (2) (a)-(g).
(4) Sections 339D, 339F and 340 apply to
authorised officers appointed under this section.
(5) A corporation, and
authorised officers of a corporation, may exercise the functions conferred by
this section only if authorised to do so by the rules of the corporation.
(6)
This section does not empower an authorised officer to enter any part of
premises used only for residential purposes.
(7) A corporation must
compensate all interested parties for any damage caused by a person exercising
a power of entry on to land under this section on behalf of the corporation
(but not any damage caused by the exercise of any other power), unless the
occupier obstructed or hindered the person in the exercise of the power of
entry.
